Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 13:54:43 10/16/97
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On October 16, 1997 at 15:10:06, Christophe Theron wrote: >The competitors of the world microcomputers championship have just >received a mail from Mr Marsland, saying that: > >1) Heureka, Chess Wizard and Hiarcs have withdrawn. >2) Their places are being taken by: Kallisto, M-Chess Pro 7.0 and >TechoChess. > >We already knew for Heureka. > >Chess Wizard, written by Frederic Louguet, is a strong french program, >it made 2nd four days ago in the french microcomputer championship, just >behind Virtual Chess. Its author seems to be too busy to compete this >year. Believe me: you'll hear about this program again. > >It seems that $1000 entry fee has thrown out of competition one of the >best program in the world: Hiarcs. If it is the case, I totally >understand Mr Uniacke. The price is too high for professionals. To pay >your fee you have to sell more than a hundred units of your software. >For some of the "professionals" it's not so easy. I don't follow your math. I can't imagine a circumstance where a program sells for $100 us, and the author only makes 10 bucks on the deal. Chris could answer what the CD costs per unit, and also packaging. But this 10% seems horribly low to me... > >TechnoChess, written by Christophe Jolly, is another french program. It >made 7th in the last french championship. I don't know much more about >it. > > >- Christophe -
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