Author: George Speight
Date: 22:57:38 10/18/05
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On October 18, 2005 at 17:07:47, Geo Disher wrote: >On October 18, 2005 at 16:16:48, Mark Mason wrote: > >>On October 18, 2005 at 16:07:04, Geo Disher wrote: >> >>>The box cover on Amazon for the Fritz 9 looks diffrent than the one on >>>Chessbase.news. Also the price is about $13 diffrent. Also their shipping >>>dates are significantly diffrent. Are their two diffrent Fritz 9s? >> >> >>No - I checked. The one on Amazon is the "Excalibur" version distributed for the >>UK market by a company called Contact Sales. I rang them and they said their >>retail proce is £34.99 but that Amazon have chosen to sell for £19.99 !!!!! >>They assured me that the disk itself is identical - no catch. I've pre-ordered >>and they tell me dispatch will be 28th October. Seems it is a genuine bargain. >>Get your order in before someone realises what they are giving away....... >> >>Mark >The manufaturer that I see on Amazon is Viva Media, LLC. I called them and at >first they told me they were sure that they were the same versions. After >asking the same question and adding "are you absolutly sure you have all the >video" they finally went away from the phone for a while and came back to say >that they did see a diffrence in the tutorial part that might not include all >the video. So the bottom line for me seems to be that this is not the complete >copy that chessbase is showing. I wish I could find out if they are any other >diffrences other than video. Ray is right, the engine is exactly the same. Other than the missing video, ther may possibly be more games in the database to study. But if engine strength is your main concern, you are okay. Regards, George
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