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Subject: Re: Commercial chess

Author: Steve Maughan

Date: 08:41:13 02/03/05

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Eydun,

>Does any one have clue how big business manufacturing chess software is?

If I made a guess I would say that ChessBase's turover is probably ~$1 to 1.5
million.  The big bucks are probably with ChessMaster - this probably has sales
of 100,000 units per year which probably bring in ~$1 million for UbiSoft.  Then
there are probably six to ten other individuals that make a resonable living out
of computer chess.  So I guess the market size is probably between $3 - $4
million per year.

Why do you ask?

Steve

• Re: Commercial chess John Merlino 10:36:59 02/03/05
  • Re: Commercial chess Madhavan 02:06:52 02/04/05
  • Re: Commercial chess Steve Maughan 12:16:53 02/03/05
    • Re: Commercial chess John Merlino 13:47:50 02/03/05
• Re: Commercial chess Eydun Lamhauge 09:41:50 02/03/05

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