It's not too clear to me, when you purchase Fritz 8, the account they
give you on their playchess.com server, is it for one year or for
ever? I couldn't find the exact details on the Chessbase website, can
anybody offer me this info?
Thanks!

From what I understand the serial number is good for 1 year with
playchess.com. At that time you
need to either subscribe somehow, or have bought another chess engine
product from Chessbase.

"Mulaku" wrote in message
om...
It's not too clear to me, when you purchase Fritz 8, the account they
give you on their playchess.com server, is it for one year or for
ever? I couldn't find the exact details on the Chessbase website, can
anybody offer me this info?
Thanks!

"Mulaku" wrote in message
om...
It's not too clear to me, when you purchase Fritz 8, the account they
give you on their playchess.com server, is it for one year or for
ever? I couldn't find the exact details on the Chessbase website, can
anybody offer me this info?
Thanks!

It is my belief that it is forever. As the server progresses with new
features, you are likely to want to get later versions of the software to
utilize those features, so it is likely you will be doing this every year or
two anyway.

Tom Veldhouse

Mulaku wrote:

It's not too clear to me, when you purchase Fritz 8, the account they
give you on their playchess.com server, is it for one year or for
ever? I couldn't find the exact details on the Chessbase website, can
anybody offer me this info?
Thanks!

One year.

--
Gero H. Marten

Computers are like air conditioners.
As soon you open windows, they stop working.

From: "Gero H. Marten"
Date: 26/08/03 15:24 GMT Daylight Time
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Mulaku wrote:

It's not too clear to me, when you purchase Fritz 8, the account they
give you on their playchess.com server, is it for one year or for
ever? I couldn't find the exact details on the Chessbase website, can
anybody offer me this info?
Thanks!

One year.


Well, we have a consensus! My understanding is that it depends *which* software
you have. Buying Tigerchess buys you one year. Buying Shredder6 and,
subsequently, Fritz8 bought me forever, allegedly, although Tom is probably
right that *server updates* will necessitate *software updates*. At least
you're getting a free engine/openings book/set of tablebases/database program
(albeit not quite as functional as ChessBase8, SCID or ChessAssistant [to name
the three leading DB programs]).

--
Gero H. Marten

Computers are like air conditioners.
As soon you open windows, they stop working.

Ain't *that* the truth?!

Mark