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Subject: Re: computer chess magazines

Author: Chris Whittington

Date: 10:57:40 11/24/97

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On November 24, 1997 at 10:10:20, Steven Schwartz wrote:

>>Sorry, forgot about the CCR. I don't get sent it, so never read it.
>>Given the quality of the correspondents, I suspect it is totally
>>straight. Likewise PLY, which I don't read either....
>>Chris
>
>Chris,
>I just sent you a password for entrance into the CCR.

Oh, thanks anyway, but I've already got one of those :) I read CCR-web,
it was the CCR-paper that I referred to as not having being able to read
...

>
>If you EVER have any doubts as to the ability of a
>chess "magazine" to be neutral when supported by a
>commercial entity, I would like to direct you to the
>articles by KK in CCR on the Sapphire II,
>Diamond II, and the Karpov 2294, three very popular
>stand-alone chess computers that we happen to sell.
>I think "trashed" is too mild a term for KK's articles.

What he didn't fall in love and start orgasming, then ?  :)

>Many readers disagreed with his analysis, but the
>analysis was printed exactly as it was written just
>as all articles are.
>
>You will also note several very positive articles on
>products that we have chosen not to carry. And several
>very negative articles on products we do carry. Sometimes
>I read some of the articles that are placed in CCR, and
>I wonder whether they were written by my competitors!
>But to keep things "kosher", the agreement is that
>ICD will not meddle in the editorial content of CCR.

Cool. I believe you.

Chris Whittington


>
>But I think the best evidence that some "reports" style
>magazines hosted by commercial entities can be trusted
>is the fact that in its 14 year history, the two major
>senior editors of CCR have been Larry Kaufman and Enrique
>Irazoqui. I think you would be hard-pressed to find
>two more trusting and sincere people associated with
>computer chess.
>- Steve



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