Author: Albert Silver
Date: 06:23:43 02/12/00
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On February 12, 2000 at 02:09:56, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>On February 12, 2000 at 01:45:50, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On February 12, 2000 at 01:09:07, Vincent Vega wrote:
>>
>>>On February 12, 2000 at 00:50:02, Albert Silver wrote:
>>>
>>>>>What is the best-selling chess program? What made that program best-selling
>>>>>when it's strength was well behind other?
>>>>
>>>>Best-selling program whose strength is well behind others.... Beats the heck out
>>>>of me. Which?
>>>
>>>Whose strength _was_ well behind others. Don't twist my words. A: Chessmaster.
>>
>>Why do you believe that Chessmaster was well behind the others in strength. I
>>believe quite the opposite -- that it is and has been one of the very strongest
>>programs.
>
>Chessmaster was a best seller back in the days of CM2000 and CM2100. The first
>"wow!" chess engine from them didn't come until CM4000, years later.
>
>Dave
I tend to disagree. When CM2000 and then CM2100 first came out, it came out not
for the PC, but the Apple II. On the Apple the best program available at that
time was Sargon III to my knowledge, and CM was not inferior when it came out.
It was my first program, and it sure wowed me then. Of course, considering the
fact that I had just learned to play, that wasn't all that difficult, but as I
got stronger, I played the both of them, and still preferred CM.
Albert Silver
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