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Subject: Re: P - No, F o - Yes, but...

Author: Richard Pijl

Date: 08:09:20 01/26/06

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On January 26, 2006 at 10:18:59, Thomas Mayer wrote:

>Hi Franz,
>
>> Will Rybka and Fruit become a problem for ChessBase or are they only
>> interesting for freaks?
>
>ChessBase has no problem at all with Rybka or Fruit, not now and probably not in
>the near future.
>Simply forget about the freak-sector which is represented here and in other
>computer chess fora. You can not earn real money with that. Money is earned on
>the mass market, the first company that understands this was the producer of
>ChessMaster.

I fully agree. Just ask around at a chessclub to name chess programs. A few sure
hits will be Fritz, Chessmaster and Deep Blue. If someone mentions another
(modern) program he is likely to own it, and Rybka, Fruit or Zappa won't be
recognized (unless he's a freak, of course).
Richard.



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