What are your Top Beefs that you Hate about Computer Chess?

[Bill Rogers]

Hi Steve
Just a note to let you know that I am still buying on ebay. Since we last talked I bought about 10 more machines. A couple of real nice ones too.
Bill
P.S.
I don't want to bid against you but I don't know your handle.

[Kirill Kryukov]

Okay, so I am a little Annoyed today. Now I know Chess programmers try to do the best they can and we the consumers are a tough group to please. So this can be thought of as a sound off thread for both Endusers and Developers alike.

Here is my top beef from a enduser point of view:

Commercial Chess Programs / Engines that don't fix bugs in a timely fashion. (Chessmaster GME and Rybka 3 (Persistent Hash Bug) come to mind here.)

So what your biggest beef?

PS: Note I said Commercial Chess Programs, not Freeware Chess Programs. When I pay for a program that has serious bugs or does not function as advertised, I expect a patch or bug fix in a timely fashion.

Engine bugs, time losses, cloners, CEGT, commercial authors who think it's OK to copy from free programs, buggy tournament interfaces, Nalimov's failure to release his code under proper open source license, people who have no clue in statistics, Vegan, Rolf, Heinz, Chinmay. Well I better stop now.

More than anything - my own lack or time and money to spend on computer chess.

Best,
Kirill

[Steve B]

Hi Steve
Just a note to let you know that I am still buying on ebay. Since we last talked I bought about 10 more machines. A couple of real nice ones too.
Bill
P.S.
I don't want to bid against you but I don't know your handle.

congrats on your recent acquisitions Bill
i see the collecting hobby fire burns deep in your belly

no need to worry about bidding against me
nowadays most of my Ebay activity is for fellow collectors overseas who need help on auctions where the seller will only ship to the US
i appreciate the gesture though

Made In The USA Regards
Steve

[mephisto]

Steve
Already passed the Phantom price.
969.00 EUR = 1,348.56 USD
And still two days to go!!
Regards from the garden shed
Bryan

[Steve B]

Regards from the garden shed

aaahhh Yes
the World Famous Garden Shed
Birth Place of the World Renown Fidelity 6080 Excellence Deluxe:



when one owns an authentic Garden Shed Creation..
Who Needs A Chess Playing Table Regards
Steve

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Regards from the garden shed

aaahhh Yes
the World Famous Garden Shed
Birth Place of the World Renown Fidelity 6080 Excellence Deluxe:



when one owns an authentic Garden Shed Creation..
Who Needs A Chess Playing Table Regards
Steve

Wow,a beautiful piece of wood,it definitely caught my eyes Steve
Considering the option to kick all my pc chess programs in the butt one by one regards,
Dr.D

[Steve B]

Wow,a beautiful piece of wood,it definitely caught my eyes Steve
Considering the option to kick all my pc programs in the butt regards,
Dr.D

Thanks Dr.D
but all the praise goes to Sir Bryan Whitby who created this Masterpiece
Wood Rules Regards
Steve

[mephisto]

£1,628.12
And rising!!!

[S.Taylor]

£1,628.12
And rising!!!

Crazy!

Is it any better than collecting train sets?

[Roman Hartmann]

Well, there are some things I dislike about computer chess or chess programming in particular.
I mean, if I visit a bar from time to time to have a drink and some talk with a human being, I cannot tell them that I'm programming a chess engine or they just get overly excited.

So I have to lie and tell them that I'm a singer in a band and that I'm also a really good surfer in order to get rid of them. Otherwise the girls clung to me and they want to know all the details about razoring or this new forward pruning technique.

Yeah, sometimes computer chess just sucks ...

Roman