Author: Albert Silver
Date: 07:08:13 02/12/00
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On February 12, 2000 at 09:59:38, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>On February 12, 2000 at 09:23:43, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>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.
>>
>
>Hmm. I recall CM3000 being *seriously* outclassed by the competition.
>
>Dave
CM3000 could be the exception as I'm not sure about it. What was its competition
when it came out? I think Mchess 1.6 had already come out by then, but what were
the others? IF the difference is only between Mchess and CM3000 (I don't think
it was *seriously* outclassed by Sargon's latest then), then CM3000 benefitted
from much more than a pretty face. It also had a major distributor and a
pricetag somewhat less than the $150 Mchess went for.
Albert Silver
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