Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 16:35:20 02/06/04
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On February 06, 2004 at 19:28:25, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On February 06, 2004 at 19:11:38, Russell Reagan wrote: > >>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. > >You made a good point, but I was not refering to regular people specially those >that do NOT even know how to play standard chess. > >PS: If you ask how many people who read this forum know what is FRC you might >get a 65% or even 75%, but the rest or 25% who is not familiar with the castling >rules, could learn it in less than 1 minute. > >Jorge. I am not familiar with the castling rules, or any other unique rules, of FRC. I hope that doesn't make me a dummy. : ) Bob D.
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