Author: J.Dufek
Date: 15:16:37 09/09/05
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On September 09, 2005 at 08:06:29, Torstein Hall wrote: >On September 09, 2005 at 07:21:52, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On September 09, 2005 at 06:41:24, Alex Shalamanov wrote: >> >>>On September 09, 2005 at 05:55:16, Madhavan wrote: >>> >>>>I expect that there would be less customers if shredder were to be released >>>>sooner because of its WCCC results. >>>>For Fruit,I don't know I expect Fabien to give us a great surprise by releasing >>>>his program freely [with or without code] >>>>I don't want source code anyway :) >>> >>>I don't know. The correspondence chess community does not always take into >>>account the WCCC results because engine to engine games are not very important >>>for them. >> >>As a correspondence player engine games are important for me. >> >> >> What is more important for CC players is good deep analysis, training >>>and commenting facilities that is why they choose mostly CB Shredder or Fritz. >> >>I see no difference between Shredder UCI and CB Shredder and every engine that >>can be used under CB interface. >> >> >>>Since CC players are likely the most customers for chess products apart from OTB >>>titled players, it's this chess group that makes ultimate profits for chess >>>software developers. >> >>I doubt it. >> >>Are there more than 1000 correspondence players who buy new chessbase programs? >> >>My guess is that part of them use old programs and part of them crack chessbase >>software. > >I am quite sure you are correct on this one. I read an interview with a >norwegian cor. GM Ivar Bern who is close to winning in the corr. World >Championship. (I am not sure for what year...) He used an old version of Fritz >and was happy to make the strategical choices himself, while he checked all the >tactics with Fritz. > With only Fritz engine _nobody_ can win corr. World Championship .... >Torstein > >> >>There are less than 3000 players with ICCF rating of more than 2400 and I know >>that part of the players with ICCF rating of more than 2400 use old software and >>I guess that today big part is using only free software or quitted >>correspondence games. >> >> From my own CC experience I can say that most of my >>>opponents have been using Fritz or Deep Fritz as a chess engine which is the >>>most CC-friendly product. >> >>I do not agree that Fritz is the most CC-friendly product and I see no >>difference between using Fritz and using another engine under Fritz. >> >>I think that using Fritz may be productive not because it is better than other >>programs but because it is used by other players so it can be productive to >>predict their moves. >> >>Uri
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