Author: John Merlino
Date: 18:34:58 02/14/05
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On February 14, 2005 at 21:24:10, Uri Blass 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 > >Where do you find information about total sales for every program? > >Uri I don't have the actual information. But Chessmaster sells more copies than any other program, or even ALL other programs combined. This is well-known and has been true for at least 8 years (since I initially started working on it during the development of CM5500). jm
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