Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 11:39:08 09/15/05
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On September 15, 2005 at 09:39:34, Alois Ganter wrote: >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 I guess that most computer chess sales are over the counter and not online. Every big department store with software sales has ChessMaster in the US (Fred Meyers, WALMART, K-Mart, etc.). Every big office store has ChessMaster (COMPUSA, OfficeMax, Best Buy, etc.) Only chess specialty stores have the other chess programs and those are few and far between.
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