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Subject: Re: How ChessBase did it

Author: Larry Proffer

Date: 23:24:40 05/02/01

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On May 02, 2001 at 17:31:28, Ritter Rost wrote:

>On May 02, 2001 at 16:33:01, Larry Proffer wrote:
>
>>On May 02, 2001 at 15:12:16, Ritter Rost wrote:
>>
>>>Thanks, Duncan, sounds absolutely plausible to me.
>>>
>>>Probably ChessBase didn't even have to pay huge sponsoring money to BGN to avoid
>>>the random amateur programs. Instead they simply introduced them to CCC and
>>>said: "Look, here you can read how chess programmers communicate. If anything
>>>goes wrong or if they don't like your contracts, you'll have open letters,
>>>e-mail wars, conspiration theories and all hell loose against you. Now do you
>>>want a professional partner or not?"
>>
>>I agree, Matthias, absolutely.
>>
>>Except the all hell isn't against Chessbase. From anyone. Chessbase behaved
>>predictable, reasonable, sensible.
>>
>>Questions arise only on the independant expert advice. How could their advice
>>lead to a two-Chessbase program contest for the Kramnik prize. Didn't they
>>realise German TV viewers would again have to sit through several hours of
>>Matthias and Frederic instead of watching Star Trek?
>
>That threat certainly was overlooked, but for a change we might see them wearing
>Kefiya and Agal.

Kefiya and Agal?

Please explain in-joke being as wot I am out of this particular loop.




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