Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 16:11:38 02/06/04
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On February 06, 2004 at 17:24:35, Jorge Pichard wrote: >I believe that the first top commercial program that support FRC and win a match >against Peter Svidler will be a big seler. What do you think? Think about this. How many people that DO NOT currently buy chess programs are going to see "Fritz 9 beats Peter Svidler at Fischer random chess" and then buy the program because of that? I think the number will be very, very small. People will buy it, but not a lot more than the number of people who already buy chess programs. In other words, how many people do you think are out there that are holding out for a program that supports FRC before they will buy a chess program? There might be some, but I could probably count them on both of my hands. Most people would read that and first think, "What is Fischer random chess?" Second, they're probably going to think, "Who is Peter Svidler?" You have to realize that unlike you, the vast majority of people don't follow chess, don't buy chess programs, don't know what Fischer random chess is, and don't even know the rules of regular chess in the first place. It wouldn't suprise me if less than 50% could even name one chess piece. Even if they could, that's a far cry from buying a chess program because it supports Fischer random chess and beat Peter Svidler.
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