Author: John Merlino
Date: 16:50:11 02/14/05
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On February 14, 2005 at 18:44:26, George C Williams wrote: >On February 14, 2005 at 16:50:43, John Merlino wrote: > >>On February 14, 2005 at 16:39:02, Stephen Ham wrote: >> >>>On February 14, 2005 at 15:03:31, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: >>> >>>> Please see ==> http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2195 >>> >>>Bom Dia, José >>> >>>Gosh, that was a review? It read more like an advertizement. >>> >>>As for the reviewer, I saw no evidence that he was able to back up what he >>>claimed. While I don't doubt that much of what he wrote is indeed true, one >>>still wonders whether he wrote from first hand experience, or whether he wrote >>>based upon ChessBase's blurb on the back of the program's CD-box. >>> >>>I'm completing my review of Junior 9 for ChessCafe.com now. I've subjected >>>Junior 9 to tests against other engines, and compared its move selection from >>>positions in my correspondence chess games to others. My conclusions are quite >>>favorable...I like Junior 9 a lot. I think that Amir and Shay did a fine job >>>with this engine. >>> >>>All the best, >>>Stephen >> >>My favorite part of the "review" was calling Fritz the "world's favorite". I'm >>assuming that the reviewer is using some method other than total sales to count >>the world's votes.... :-) >> >>jm > > > LOL, Are you having a nice time nickpicking? Ask any of the Top Professional >Players and they all Perfer Fritz to any other program, Not necesarily cause >it's better but because most Professional players are more familiar with it, >they certainly wouldn't say chessmaster was the favorite. Well, yeah, I knew that. And I knew I was going to take at least SOME flak for it. :-) But, perhaps the reviewer should have clarified his statement in the same way that YOU did, which was by saying "the favorite of the world's top professional players", or something like that. jm (and get used to the nitpicking if I get voted as moderator :-) -- JUST KIDDING!
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