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Subject: Re: Totally nonsense

Author: David H. McClain

Date: 20:18:13 10/20/03

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>>>Don't forget that SSDF does the testing voluntarily and without getting any cent
>>>for it. You and me and all others do not have the right to DEMAND that this or
>>>that program is going to be tested. Therefore there is also neither a need for
>>>them to EXCUSE nor to justify why some programs are tested and some others not.
>>>This Chessmaster topic has been discussed and explained (!) dozens of times here
>>>and I don't understand why it arises again and again.
>
>
>>Harold,
>>You are correct.  It's total nonsense to not have the largest selling single
>>commercial chess program in the world not included on the SSDF list.
>>
>>DHM
>
>
>First: Read again some lines above where I marked the important lines a bit. If
>you still don't understand it I can mark the keywords.
>
>Second: It is easy to criticize but hard to do it better. Why don't you jump on
>that train and do it yourself? Get yourself 2x AMD1200 and play CM 9000 original
>(!!) with 40/120+20/60 vs. Fritz 8, Hiarcs 9, Junior 8, Shredder 7.04, each
>match over 40 games.
>Feel free to send the games to SSDF then so that they can include those
>authentic games to their rating list and database.

Harold,

When Chessmaster appears in 64 bit you will all be tripping over yourselves to
test it manually.  Just like you would if you had a copy of Deep Blue.  Get over
it.



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