Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 23:34:36 02/06/04
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On February 06, 2004 at 19:35:20, Bob Durrett wrote:
>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.
The same can [sorry my FRC-friends]
be said of me -:)
Kurt
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