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Date: 17 Dec 2005 12:05:45
From: Jefferson Airplane
Subject: Different Fritz 9 versions/packages?
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I can buy "Fritz Chess 9" from Excalibur Publishing (UK Chessbase
distributor) much cheaper than the "standard version" from Chessbase. The
specs seem to be exactly the same - including a year's membership to
playchess.com. Except on the Excalibur site they don't advertise this:
"Chess course for advanced players (3 hrs. video in Chess Media System) a
3-hour tutorial for advanced players."
http://www.excalibur-publishing.com/fritz9.htm
http://www.chessbase.com/shop/product.asp?pid=247
Has anyone bought the Excalibur version? And how good is that advanced
course that I may be missing out on if anyone has tried it? What rating
range is it directed at?
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Date: 17 Dec 2005 15:26:17
From: Antonio Palma
Subject: Re: Different Fritz 9 versions/packages?
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Excalibur version has the chess course (anyway not big deal to have it
are some files from aagard, kasparov etc windows media file CDs). IMHO
the 2 versions are identical. Who knows why excalibur is cheapest.
Jefferson Airplane ha scritto:
> I can buy "Fritz Chess 9" from Excalibur Publishing (UK Chessbase
> distributor) much cheaper than the "standard version" from Chessbase. The
> specs seem to be exactly the same - including a year's membership to
> playchess.com. Except on the Excalibur site they don't advertise this:
>
> "Chess course for advanced players (3 hrs. video in Chess Media System) a
> 3-hour tutorial for advanced players."
>
> http://www.excalibur-publishing.com/fritz9.htm
> http://www.chessbase.com/shop/product.asp?pid=247
>
> Has anyone bought the Excalibur version? And how good is that advanced
> course that I may be missing out on if anyone has tried it? What rating
> range is it directed at?
>
>
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Date: 17 Dec 2005 22:10:17
From: Jefferson Airplane
Subject: Re: Different Fritz 9 versions/packages?
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"Antonio Palma":
> Excalibur version has the chess course (anyway not big deal to have it are
> some files from aagard, kasparov etc windows media file CDs). IMHO the 2
> versions are identical. Who knows why excalibur is cheapest.
Thanks, Antonio. I'll go and save myself some money then. Since it's sold as
Fritz Chess 9 it would be a bit odd if it weren't the same product.
I also found a US version from Viva Media or something. Maybe the lower
price tag is explained by the desire to reach a wider audience. Features
like the Turk and a 3D chess set are not gonna impress your regular gamer to
shell out the same amount of money as a chess enthusiast.
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Date: 19 Dec 2005 13:24:44
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: Different Fritz 9 versions/packages?
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Jefferson Airplane <adsl@qwerty.uio > wrote:
> I also found a US version from Viva Media or something. Maybe the lower
> price tag is explained by the desire to reach a wider audience. Features
> like the Turk and a 3D chess set are not gonna impress your regular
> gamer to shell out the same amount of money as a chess enthusiast.
Features like the Turk and the fancy 3D sets are there exactly to impress
the regular gamer -- they're practically useless to the chess enthusiast.
Dave.
--
David Richerby Hungry Beefy Smokes (TM): it's like
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ a pack of cigarettes that's made from
a cow but it'll eat you!
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