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Christophe Théron



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PostPost subject: Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague    Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:23 pm Reply to topic Reply with quote
JuLieN wrote:
New UNBELIEVABLY cheeky cloner in the AppStore: Nguyen Thi Yen, publishing "Chess-HD" today...

Here's a screen of "his" program:

iTunes link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chess-hd/id441476474?mt=8

Now here's one of Tom Kerrigan's "tChess Pro" program:

iTunes link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/t-chess-pro/id295445501?mt=8

As you can see, there are some "slight" similarities... The guy actually published Tom's screenshots as his own. As I didn't want to pay $2.99 to buy this clone or whatever it is, I have no idea if this is tChess. But Tom, whom I contacted, thinks it might be Stockfish, as it weights 7.1mb just like SF, when tChessPro weights 1.6mb. He'll contact Apple.

Incredible, shameless scam. Sad




Stupid guy, his dev contract is going to be quickly ended by Apple.


I would like to ask you, or anybody with insight about the issue, about the disappearance of an app called CHESS™ who had a stunning ressemblance to Shredder.

A few facts about this app:
- it has disappeared from the App Store on May 25 at 16:00GMT, which is approximately the same time my 2011.03 update has been released
- the icon and a screenshot can still be seen here: http://www.appolicious.com/games/apps/624293-chesstm-ssmd-e-k
- the guy was giving his own app fake 5 stars reviews every day
- I suspect him to have posted really nasty reviews to other chess programs, including mine
- I had warned him by email but did not contact Apple on the matter (I would have done it eventually anyway)
- I believe it was using the Stockfish engine (but I'm not really sure)

I do not know what happened to this app, which was anyway more than borderline on a few points, and I would really like to know.

Please note that I'm not asking for its comeback on the Store. Smile



// Christophe
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Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague... Julien MARCEL Sat May 28, 2011 12:11 pm
      Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Martin Sedlak Sat May 28, 2011 12:53 pm
            Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Tord Romstad Sat May 28, 2011 2:28 pm
                  Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Bryan Whitby Sat May 28, 2011 3:08 pm
                        Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 5:21 am
                  Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 6:16 am
                        Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Tord Romstad Sun May 29, 2011 7:02 am
                              Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 8:11 am
                                    Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Tord Romstad Sun May 29, 2011 9:45 am
                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 6:59 pm
                                                Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Evert Glebbeek Sun May 29, 2011 9:08 pm
                                                      Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 9:30 pm
                                                            Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Sven Schüle Sun May 29, 2011 10:32 pm
                                                                  Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 10:49 pm
                                                                        Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sun May 29, 2011 10:53 pm
                                                                              Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 11:01 pm
                                                                                    Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sun May 29, 2011 11:03 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 11:57 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Alex Brown Mon May 30, 2011 2:01 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Mon May 30, 2011 4:57 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Alex Brown Mon May 30, 2011 9:32 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Eelco de Groot Mon May 30, 2011 11:04 am
                                                                                    Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague H.G.Muller Tue May 31, 2011 2:19 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Miguel A. Ballicora Tue May 31, 2011 2:39 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Michel Van den Bergh Tue May 31, 2011 2:51 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Eelco de Groot Tue May 31, 2011 3:20 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Tue May 31, 2011 6:09 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Eelco de Groot Tue May 31, 2011 7:24 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Wed Jun 01, 2011 3:19 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:00 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:23 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:44 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sat Jun 11, 2011 10:04 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:09 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:06 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:48 pm
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                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Ted Wong Fri Mar 16, 2012 3:17 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Gabriel LEPERLIER Sat Mar 17, 2012 5:40 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steve Maughan Sat Mar 17, 2012 6:31 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sat Mar 17, 2012 6:48 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steve Maughan Sat Mar 17, 2012 7:05 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sat Mar 17, 2012 7:10 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steve Maughan Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:09 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:26 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steve Maughan Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:34 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:49 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Martin Sedlak Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:27 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:39 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steven Atkinson Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:03 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steve Maughan Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:02 am
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                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steve Maughan Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:09 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steven Atkinson Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:40 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steve Maughan Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:50 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steven Atkinson Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:59 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steve Maughan Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:07 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steven Atkinson Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:04 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steve Maughan Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:09 am
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                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Ronald de Man Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:22 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:28 pm
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                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Darrel Briley Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:19 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Tue May 31, 2011 6:01 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague H.G.Muller Tue May 31, 2011 6:05 pm
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                                    Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:15 pm
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                                                Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:33 pm
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                  Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 5:23 am
                        Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Marco Costalba Sun May 29, 2011 6:46 am
                              Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 7:07 am
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                                                            Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 6:47 pm
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                                                      Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Sven Schüle Sun May 29, 2011 11:46 am
                                                            Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 7:03 pm
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                                                                        Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 7:21 pm
                                                                              Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Gian-Carlo Pascutto Mon May 30, 2011 3:44 pm
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                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Gian-Carlo Pascutto Mon May 30, 2011 10:47 pm
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                                                            Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 7:07 pm
                                                                  Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Don Dailey Sun May 29, 2011 8:56 pm
                                                                        Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 10:42 pm
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                                                            Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Greg Simpson Sun May 29, 2011 9:28 pm
                                                      Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 7:00 pm
                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Bryan Whitby Sun May 29, 2011 8:17 am
                                                Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 8:26 am
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                        Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 7:21 am
                  Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 5:43 am
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