Author: Torstein Hall
Date: 07:12:47 09/12/05
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On September 10, 2005 at 09:44:40, Ed Schröder wrote: >On September 10, 2005 at 09:05:30, Zheng Zhixian wrote: > >>On September 10, 2005 at 06:03:47, Ed Schröder wrote: >> >>>On September 09, 2005 at 18:39:54, Peter Kappler wrote: >>> >>>>On September 09, 2005 at 17:37:19, Mig Greengard wrote: >>>> >>>>>Instead of being snide and proving my point about pointless and unfounded >>>>>bashing, perhaps you could explain exactly what ChessBase, a for-profit company, >>>>>has to gain by continuing to invest resources in winning 11-round tournaments >>>>>against other programs. Why is it bullshit for a company to move into something >>>>>more profitable, like interface design and making an engine that is a more >>>>>useful training tool for amateurs? What would they have gained had Fritz 9 >>>>>entered and won with a Fischerian score of 11/11? They would put a nice story >>>>>bragging about it up on their site, put "2005 world champion!" on the box, and >>>>>sold three more copies than they otherwise would have. >>>>> >>>> >>>>They obviously believe that "2005 World Champion" is a powerful marketing tool. >>> >>>What if that is no longer the case? > >>Well if that wasn't the case, it wouldn't hurt reporting that Zappa and Fruit >>cam ahead of Chessbase engines right? It's not like Zappa being 2005 world >>champion would affect the sales of Fritz. > >When Toyota is awarded with the yearly car-of-the-year title it's unlikely you >can read that on the Ford web-site. > >Ed LOL Nice answer! I just wonder why there is so much aggression against Chessbase? What wrong have they done? Other than making a very good package of interface, online chess and great engines like Fritz, Shredder, Junior etc. ? Regarding Fritz 9, I am one of the "stupid" custommers who will buy it. If it can comment upon my games in, a for me more understandable form, it actually means more than engine strength! And by the way, based on experience, I would not count on Fritz 9 beeing a weak engine. All odd numbered versions have been great so far! :-) Torstein
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