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Subject: Re: Chessbase Winboard Engines Adapter

Author: Shep

Date: 00:00:26 07/23/99

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On July 23, 1999 at 01:24:11, Marcelo Yamauchi wrote:

>   Does anybody know if the Chessbase Company intends to do some upgrade in your
>Winboard-Engines Adapter?  I have been noticing that even with you init-files,
>some motors have been presenting several problems:
>
>a) inferior ELO-performance that the native motor rotating in Winboard: Crafty
>(original version for windows), Bionic 4.1.;
>
>b) Difficulties in the administration of the time of game: Skaki, Anmon 4.26,
>Fortress 1.61, Inmichess 2.16;

Didn't notice anything so far with AnMon. Fortress does indeed use much more
time per move in some situations than would be recommended, but hasn't yet
violated any time controls.

>c) "Inexplicable Bugs" during the match: First versions of Little Goliath,
>Olithink, Monik 19

I suppose these could be seen under Winboard as well (?). Sometimes you see the
notorious "a1-a1" illegal move problem under Winboard. But it almost always is
the engine's fault, not Winboard's or the adapter's.

>
>I can be wrong, but I think that would be perhaps better Chessbase to rethink
>the form as your " adapter " links with these different engines, leaving him/it
>in similar molds to the of products as the Chessvision / Chesspartner.

The competition will probably leave Chessbase with no other choice than to keep
working on the Winboard plugin.

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Shep







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