From: Jonathan Tisdall <jtisdall <at> C2I <dot> NET>
Date: 21 mar 2001
Subject: Re: software

On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 18:14:00 +0100, Dr.Eduard Werner wrote:
>On Wednesday 21 March 2001 16:06, you wrote:
>Sekita can be bought now over the internet - I'd call that a major update
>since when I wanted to buy it a year ago I simply didn't get any response.

Yes, I know what you mean, but I thought that when it finally became available
it would continue to be updated...

>>Or have any details about the Shogi Professional by Oxford - how well it
>>plays, what features it has, how many levels, etc? The site has rather
>>sketchy info.
>
>Five levels, handicap play, tournament mode. Nice interface, network play,
>more or less all you would expect. Lousy at handicap joseki, though. How well
>it plays? It plays more or less at my level (slightly better is probably
>nearer the mark) and I'm 1-kyu (ELO 1551) so I'd grade it ad-hoc amateur
>1-kyu or 1-dan (roughly). I'm still using it and find it very nice. Oxford
>Softworks ship extremely fast (after a few hours I had the program to unpack
>it; the program can be download from their site).
>
>Hope this helps

Yes, thanks - which one is strongest at its best?

Are the best shogi programs regularly tested against each other and people in
the same way as chess programs?

jt

>Edi