Author: Jim Bodkins
Date: 10:56:35 11/04/03
I dont use this forum, but I felt compelled to mention the following. Viva Media http://www.viva-media.com/ is now distributing Fritz and Chester, Play Chess Fritz 7 ($19) and Play Chess Fritz 8 (price unknown) through major retailers in the US. Just yesterday I purchased Play Chess Fritz 7 directly from the shelves of Best But. Which I must tell you amazed me. I never thought I would see it. On the same shelf were Fritz and Chester, Play Chess Fritz 7 (8 was out of stock), Chessmaster 5000-7000-9000, Kasparov Chess (Ruffian $29) and Majestic Chess ($19 which is a steal IMO). While I believe that CM is still the choice for most (with Majestic close), CB helped themselves enormously by allowing viva media to put them in a market they have never been a part of. Congratulations to them. It is a welcome and needed addition. That is what has made CM the major title. Expect changes at CB. As a comment, this could not have come at a worse time for the Arena group - who are attempting a commercial endeavor. Good luck to them in anycase. (Fritz 7 at $19 on major retailers shelves is hard to compete with IMO). Plus much of what is available at Arena is 'secret' or private and unavailable anyway. Just news. Out again for a long time. CYA. Jim
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