Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 20:40:27 09/04/00
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On September 04, 2000 at 14:05:10, Fernando Villegas wrote: >On September 04, 2000 at 12:54:16, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On September 04, 2000 at 11:35:17, Fernando Villegas wrote: >> >>> >>>Has anybody seen just one new about the London tour in the "news" pages of >>>Chessbase AFTER there was a winner that was not a chessbase product? Maybe I am >>>missing something. Please, give me a hand if that is the case. Maybe the news >>>are in another page now or they are developping a new concept about news in >>>which news will be only those that fits the company. Kind of Orwellian world. >>>Or maybe I am so idiot that I still believe in that old saying about fair play. >>>First rule of fair play: you salute and recognize the succes of the opponent. At >>>least a line with an almost invisible font. From now on my first rule for >>>knowing what's going on in this field is not going to Chessbase news page. >>>Fernando >> >>The final crosstable for the tournament is posted, and Shredder and its score >>are bolded. >> >>Generally a company uses their web page to promote their products. > >I know, but then you does not talk of having a "news" page. Besides the result >there were some other things that could be said, but they prefered to say >nothing in order not to trumpet Shredder. >Fernando It's still a news page. It's news about the company! In any case, their site directly says that Shredder won the tournament, on their site's first page (www.chessbase.com)! > Shredder wins World Micro, Fritz second > The World Microcomputer Chess Championship, > which was held at the Alexandra > Palace in London, was won by the German > program Shredder. Second was Fritz, half a > point behind, followed by Rebel and Chess > Tiger. The Amateur title was won by SOS, > which is on the ChessBase "Young Talents" > CD. More... This coverage is even unbiased. I have no idea why you are complaining at all. Dave
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