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Subject: Re: why, is fritz 9 so neglected here? It is not inevitable-NOUPGRADE

Author: Rafael Vasquez

Date: 09:22:49 01/27/06

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On January 27, 2006 at 04:23:25, Gabor Szots wrote:

>On January 27, 2006 at 01:11:11, g simmons wrote:
>
>>Chessbase overprices its products when compared with Lokasoft and Rybka's
>>offerings.
>
>Rybka costs 34 EUR, while e.g. HIARCS 10 is 50 EUR. Is it too much to pay 16 EUR
>for the excellent GUI? Remember that Shredder Classic is sold for 25 EUR, the
>upgrade price to Shredder 9 is 25 EUR, which means you pay 25 EUR for the GUI
>(and the Shredder Classic engine which is not very strong).

There is an additional Good thing with Shredder. Upgrade prizes for next
versions. Chessbase doesn't have that. Only way to get it cheap is wait
till its Old.

>I think the trouble with ChessBase is that you have to buy the same GUI all the
>time. They don't sell the engine by itself.
>
>Gábor



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