in the Online-«Glarean Magazine»:
http://glareanverlag.wordpress.com/2009 ... programme/
There were four aspects:
A) «My 3 favourite chess programs are…»
B) «I use my chess software mainly for…»
C) «My 3 favourite chess interfaces are…»
D) «A chess program may cost…»
All kinds of chess players were asked around the world:
Club Players, Correspondence Chess Players, Engine freaks, amateurs&professionels...
At the end of the anonymous poll there were more than 5'000 votings(!) from many countries.
Below are the four «rankings» of the poll.
Here you can see the whole report (german).
http://glareanverlag.wordpress.com/2010 ... n-magazin/
Regards: Walter
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A) «My 3 favourite chess programs are…»
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Programm/Engine Votes Prozent
01. Rybka 406 25%
02. Fritz 403 24%
03. Shredder 322 19%
04. Hiarcs 78 5%
05. Glaurung/Stockfish 69 4%
06. Zappa 59 4%
07. Fruit/Toga 51 3%
08. Chessmaster/TheKing 46 3%
09. Junior 35 2%
10. Naum 35 2%
11. Crafty 30 2%
12. Bright 18 1%
13. ProDeo 18 1%
14. Thinker 13 1%
15. Sjeng 12 1%
16 Spike 10 1%B) «I use my chess software mainly for…»
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Verwendungszweck Votes Prozent
01. Analyse eigener Partien 450 30%
02. Analyse fremder Partien 199 13%
03. Spielen im Internet 195 13%
04. Spielen gegen den Computer 143 10%
05. Fernschach-Spielen 140 9%
06. Lösen von Schachproblemen 91 6%
07. Schachturniere unter Programmen 79 5%
08. Schachlernen oder -lehren 78 5%
09. Schachwissenschaftliche Zwecke 38 3%
10. Spielen auf dem Handy 33 2%
11. Schachhistorische Zwecke 26 2%
12. Schachturniere unter Menschen 20 1%C) «My 3 favourite chess interfaces are…»
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Programm/GUI Votes Prozent
01. Chessbase/Fritz 454 35%
02. Shredder 242 19%
03. Arena 157 12%
04. Chessbase/Datenbank 154 12%
05. Aquarium 90 7%
06. Scid 64 5%
07. Chessmaster 41 3%
08. Winboard 38 3%
09. ChessAssistant 26 2%
10. Jose 16 1%D) «A chess program may cost…»
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Preis Votes Prozent
01. 40-70 Euro 227 36%
02. 20-40 Euro 165 26%
03. Egal (bei gutem Preis-
Leistungs-Verhältnis) 86 14%
04. 70-120 Euro 52 8%
05. 10-20 Euro 43 7%
06. 0 Euro 36 6%
07. Über 120 Euro 12 2%
