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Subject: Re: Genius 6 Package and days of 48 hours

Author: Steven Schwartz

Date: 12:44:43 09/08/99

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On September 08, 1999 at 14:48:54, Fernando Villegas wrote:

>I just received and examined the package -Millenium-  of Genius 6, Zarkov 5 and
>WChess 2000. Great. Incredible to play againts one of those engines and at the
>same time having the analysis of the three engines. Many features, great
>purchase IMHO. But then, thinking not only on it, but in the rest of the also
>wonderful top programs I have, I clearly see what our genuses in chess
>programming have failed to give us: a day of 48 hours. With 24 it is simply not
>enough. I must work, care a family, sleep, etc. You too. Simply there is no time
>to get the most of even one program, much less of all of them. And this suggest
>me a question for Steven to put in the poll:
>What have you got from your program or programs?
>a) just playing games in one type of time control
>b) playing games with several types of time control
>c) Playing and studying openings.
>c) just looking the games in the database for fun or looking for ideas.
>d) all that can be done with it
>e) just analysing my games againts humans with the engine
>and so and so... Probably there are others alternatives.
>I could bet half my monthly income that less than 10% really uses all features
>and even know about them. Even now half the buttons of most of my programs are a
>mistery to me.
>Fernando

If we can refine the answers, we can put up the question. It is
always the choice of answers that takes the most time.
- Steve (ICD/Your Move)



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