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Subject: Re: Effect of Chessbase winboard adapter.

Author: Gustavo Pereira

Date: 17:19:00 10/30/99

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On October 30, 1999 at 10:10:21, Chris Duggan wrote:

>Almost everyone that posts relating to the Chessbase Winboard adapter criticises
>it, saying it weakens the winboard engine.
>I understand this, but does anyone know if the same detrimental effects occur
>when the ready-setup Crafty 16.15 and Comet B08 downloads from the Chessbase
>website are used?
>Do these use the winboard adapter automtically?
>I only mention this, as when i use the chessbase crafty downloads, they seem to
>score better against Fritz than the crafties I use with the winboard adapter.
>
>Thanks

To my understanding the downloaded files with a '.eng' extension are proper
Chessbase engines and do not rely in the least on the Winboard adapter. They are
much better of course, as they do not get 'newed' with every move.

Cheers!
Gustavo



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