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Subject: Re: probable Kasparov ting.

Author: Mark Young

Date: 20:40:42 01/09/00

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On January 09, 2000 at 23:00:44, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On January 09, 2000 at 22:13:03, Marc Plum wrote:
>
>>On January 09, 2000 at 17:43:32, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>(snips)
>>
>>>Kasparov is in ChessBase's pocket.  However, from this point forward, since
>>>we are going to continue to see this, I believe that I will simply choose to
>>>say that "no more crafty versions will be available for ChessBase products".
>>>
>>>If it is so bad, they really don't need it anyway.  If I see any future versions
>>>on their web site, I will let my attorney do the talking.
>>
>>Obviously, you are entitled to do whatever you want with your program.  I
>>appreciate your making this excellent program available for free.  It's nicer,
>>IMHO, to use it in the ChessBase playing interfaces than within Winboard, but
>>thanks for making it available as long as you have.
>>
>>That being said, I'm not sure why you seem to be blaming ChessBase for what this
>>Dutch amateur said on Kasparov's web page.  Is there more information you could
>>share that makes this clearer?
>>
>>Marc Plum
>
>
>No...  And I am much less concerned now.  I had been sent a copy of excerpts
>that seemed to imply that it was a chessbase or kasparov-like article.  Now I
>see the actual author, and don't really care what his opinion is.  If you read
>the article slowly and carefully, it looks idiotic anyway.  I'd have to have
>my name on the 'byline'...

Glad to hear it, I was really confused how you were coming to some of your
conclusions in your first post. I did not find the article anti-crafty, but you
are correct it is a poorly written article with little value pro or con about
any chess program.

I would have thought you would have read the original article before jumping to
conclusions...but mistakes happen.



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