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Subject: Re: Quest??? Identical to Fritz?

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 11:33:26 06/22/02

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On June 22, 2002 at 14:08:12, Christophe Theron wrote:

>Since years Fritz is always participating in major (risky) tournaments under the
>name Quest.
>
>As mentionned by somebody else I guess the idea is that if Quest wins then it
>was Fritz. If Quest performs poorly then it was not Fritz. :)
>
>I have done something similar in the last Dutch Open by sending a version named
>Chess Tiger X (instead of using the real version number), so I'm not sure I am
>in a good position to criticize them. :)

The effect isn't nearly as good with version numbers as it is with
complete names.

If Chess Tiger X loses, people at least see it is Chess Tiger.

If Quest loses, they wonder: 'who the hell is quest?'.

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GCP



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