Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 06:50:29 03/01/06
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On March 01, 2006 at 09:29:38, Günther Simon wrote: >On March 01, 2006 at 09:11:52, Tord Romstad wrote: > >>Taken from the ChessBase site: >> >>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2947 >> >> The classical World Chess Champion against the world's strongest >> computer program: In the WORLD CHESS CHALLENGE (WCC) 2006 classical >> chess World Champion Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) will play a match >> against the world's leading chess computer program, Deep Fritz >> (Germany). >> >>Calling Fritz "the world's leading chess computer program" is not just >>stretching the truth, it's blatantly untrue. I refuse to believe that >>ChessBase is unaware of the existence of chess programs stronger than >>Fritz. They are lying, plain and simple. >> >>It is also getting boring to always watch the same programs get the >>chance to play against the top GMs. > > >It is a pure marketing decision. Choosing to let Fruit rather than one of the other ChessBase engines is a fair marketing decision, but using descriptions like "the world's strongest chess programs" and "the world's leading chess program" is not. Many companies distorts the truth or omits certain parts of the truth in order to sell more, but direct, shameless lies is something altogether different. It makes me very angry. Even more so because this is presented as a press release rather than an advertisement. I am tempted to write an e-mail to ChessBase, but it is probably futile. Another question is why they present the program as "Fritz (Germany)". When did Fritz cease to be Dutch? And wouldn't it have been natural to mention Frans Morsch's name somewhere in the text? Tord
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