Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 09:56:44 09/09/01
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On September 09, 2001 at 12:24:46, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >Bits from that press release: > >>...Chessbase deserves the publicity it will reap... > >What is this supposed to mean? How do you 'deserve' >publicity if you haven't done anything yet except for >paying a lot of people to make that publicity for you? Paying for publicity is extremely common, I don't see anything wrong with that per se. AFAIK ChessBase is not funding the prize fund anyway. Do you think they paid BGN a lot to play Kramnik? >>Fritz is demonstrably the best program around. They have proven it time after >>time. > >Uhh? I would think that all of Shredder's titles would amount to >something, but guess not. > >Who's the current world champion again? I don't think it's Fritz. The sentence is a bit strong, but hyperbole's pretty common in advertising. It's fair to say that Fritz has been one of the strongest programs around for a good long chunk of time, though. And it has spent a significant amount of time parked at #1 on the SSDF list, which is at least a somewhat reasonable justification for the statement. >>Fritz?s performance will no doubt delight and impress chess fans whether it >>wins or loses. >Yes, like the debacle in the Dutch Champs. We were really >impressed with the planlessness and stupidity it showed vs >Loek van Wely. > >*Really* impressed... I was interested to see it play in the Dutch Championships, win or lose. It didn't do that badly: van der Doel offset van Wely IMO. Dave
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