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Subject: Re: World championship titles

Author: Bert Seifriz

Date: 03:11:54 06/05/98

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On June 04, 1998 at 18:29:13, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>I wish folks would use the titles they win, without embellishing them,
>and I wish they would state they year that they win them, unless they
>won them this year.
>
>The most recent example is the inside last page of the USCF magazine,
>"Chess Life".
>
>This is a Virtual Chess 64 ad that claims that the program was "1996 &
>1997 world microcomputer chess champion".
>

When Kasparov's Gambit was released a few years ago Electronic Arts
printed on the box that it was world champion, although it had
not even taken part in any championship at all.
This sort of advertising is obviously allowed in some countries.
Bert/gambitsoft.com



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