Author: Mike S.
Date: 12:40:26 12/16/00
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On December 16, 2000 at 15:19:40, Amicitia Stone wrote: >Hi Tim. > >>I already tried to get Mr. Ed Schroder and Christophe Theron to submit their >>chess programs to Microsoft for consideration of mass distribution but they >>balked at the idea. It does seem like life is not fair. > >Hmm. I think starting off with Microsoft distribution is a little advanced. I >say start off slow by getting some publicity and reviews on popular websites. >Micosoft comes much later. :) I'm afraid it is quite hopeless to wait for chess programs being reviewed in a reasonable way, on gamer's pages alongside with action games, adventures etc. These are two different worlds. Rebel, Shredder and the like are for us experts, enthusiasts and people who know what en passant means in chess. Chessmaster is one of the view which has a clearly visible strategy of suiting a larger audience. I know this issue from the (seldom) german games magazine reviews of chess programs (those which write about all the other popular pc games). While they are experts in various categories like action, sports and so on, I don't think they could determine a substantial difference between Tiger, Shredder or Fritz. Or if they can, it won't appear in the article - because they would have to explain every single computerchess term to their readers (that's why they obviously like to talk about graphics, sound, and haver never shown a single chess diagram or move in those reviews). For them, it has to fit on half a page with a screendump. Regards, M.Scheidl
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