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Subject: Re: A Question about ChessMaster Program History

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 06:17:58 09/20/03

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On September 20, 2003 at 09:04:51, Bob Durrett wrote:

>
>ChessMaster chess-playing programs seem to have been financially successful, as
>evidenced by the large number of them sold in game stores everywhere in the USA.
>
>For some reason, The King was never made so that it could be used with the Fritz
>GUI.
>
>Maybe it's none of my business, but I'm curious.  Why was the decision made to
>make The King incompatible with the Fritz GUI?  What was the history of this
>decision?  Could it have been a stategic marketing choice to compete with Fritz?
>
>Bob D.

     Hi Bob
     It might of course also be that Johan de Koning has
     a contract with Ubi-Soft -:)
     Kurt



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