Author: Mark Young
Date: 19:16:01 02/14/05
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On February 14, 2005 at 21:59:24, Uri Blass wrote: >On February 14, 2005 at 21:34:58, John Merlino wrote: > >>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 > >Without knowing how many copies other sell I see no way to be sure about it. > Remember The Chessmaster program sell not only in pc versions, but palm, Playstation, and Nintendo, etc. >Uri
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