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Subject: Re: cb-autoplayer

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 17:29:21 09/16/99

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On September 16, 1999 at 18:41:30, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>On September 16, 1999 at 13:04:42, blass uri wrote:
>
>>On September 16, 1999 at 10:54:08, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>><snipped>
>>>Also we know that this company does not WANT to give same chances to all
>>>(example:paderborn championship).
>>
>>
>>If you mean to the fact that Junior,Nimzo,Hiarcs,Fritz played in WCCC then I do
>>not see something wrong with it.
>
>>Uri
>
>CB manipulated the sponsor of the championship (SIEMENS) not to give ALL
>participants a primergy server, due to the fact that THEY wanted to have
>this advantages for THEIR OWN programs.
>So they did not want all partipants to have the best machines, they wanted
>this advantage for themselves.
>Nice guys.
>Good that they lost !


This is a pretty alarming statement, and it is one I have heard once before
from a _different_ source.  If it is true, my opinion of ChessBase drops lower
than a snake's belly.

Anybody have any more information?



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