Author: Uri Blass
Date: 16:23:28 09/09/05
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On September 09, 2005 at 18:16:37, J.Dufek wrote: >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 .... It is clear that the player also used his brain and not only fritz engine. Uri
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