Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 02:56:31 12/15/99
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On December 14, 1999 at 23:03:35, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On December 14, 1999 at 22:48:50, Martin Grabriel wrote: > >>Typo error on date of engine: >> >>should read : >> >>Fritz6 Light.eng : size is 270 Kb, date of engine is 28.11.99 >>German Fritz6.eng : size is 264KB, date of engine is 23.11.99 >>English Fritz6.eng : size is 285KB, date of engine is 10.11.99 >> >> >>By the way, the demo comes with a 528 Kb book which is more convenient than the >>133+ Mb book in the orignal CD. >> >>Regards. > > >You know, I first brought up Eidos because I thought it was cool that a chess >program made with real chess players in mind was finally going to get some >mass-market backing (unlike the CMx000 series, which I think is targeted towards >the mass market to begin with, and now has some features that tournament players >are looking for). It is rather disappointing to see my enthusiasm wane from >that to "great, another opportunity for piracy, and if I had kept my mouth shut >maybe people wouldn't have found it". > >I seriously hope that the engine in the demo isn't as good as the "real" Fritz6. > >Dave I compared F6 light and the commercial F6 engine running 9 or 10 positions, and I didn't detect any differences. F6 light can't allocate more than 32MB hashtables, but aside from this and from being in German, the demo seems to be a fully functional program, including database features and interface configurations. Unless this demo has not been made by Chessbase, I don't see why it should be considered piracy. Still, it is surprising that they give for free a product that seems to be essentially equal to the commercial Fritz. Maybe it will stop working after a given period of time? Enrique
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