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Subject: Consumer Chess Software Ranking

Author: Alois Ganter

Date: 06:39:34 09/15/05

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On September 14, 2005 at 02:18:19, Omid David Tabibi wrote:

>On September 12, 2005 at 18:03:10, Amir Ban wrote:
>
>>On September 12, 2005 at 13:34:08, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>>
>>>Dear Amir:
>>>You say:
>>>"....Of course playing strength is of utmost importance,
>>>more than any other measure of a chess program. This is obvious from the
>>>professional and academic point of view...."
>>>
>>>Yeah, right: from the academic and professional point of view.
>>>What about those that does not care a shit about the academic and profesional
>>>point of view?
>>
>>They buy Chessmaster.
>
>Chessmaster has sold more than all other chess programs combined. So their
>strategy seems to have proven itself.
>

Of course, but Fritz is probably working its way up to second place in the US


amazon.com today:

Fritz & Chesster = #45 in overall Software
Fritz8 = #115 in Computer and Video Games
ChessMaster 10 = #239 in Computer and Video Games









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