There exist many databases for chess, but not a single one for Xiangqi, Chinese Chess. I can understand that chess aficionados don't like to promote a competing game, but it's kind of absurd how much energy of developers goes into chess whereas very little is devoted to Xiangqi. After all, Xiangqi is the world's most popular game, and opening knowledge is even more important in that game. For instance, how difficult would it be to adapt Scid to Xiangqi? Xiangqi has 90 squares instead of 64, and the pieces move differently, except the rook. Otherwise the same principles apply.
Such an effort would mean much more than chess software projects. If Scid was Xiangqi instead, it would be the leading Xiangqi software in the world, attracting much traffic and generate income from advertising. At least, there are many professional players who would benefit greatly from a good software. Today, they content themselves with playing through master games. Mats Winther http://hem.passagen.se/melki9/chessvar.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
