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Subject: Re: A version of Nimzo (which one?)

Author: Wolfgang Zugrav

Date: 01:09:52 04/16/98

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On April 15, 1998 at 02:03:27, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On April 14, 1998 at 21:40:13, Carsten Kossendey wrote:
>
>>On April 14, 1998 at 17:50:26, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:
>>
>>>A friend of mine has stumbled upon a chess program, apparently by Ch.
>>>Donninger, named Mephisto Meisterschach.  I went through all the details
>>>trying to find out which version of Nimzo it could be.  Alas, no success
>>>. It must be one of the Nimzos (2.2.1, 3, or 3.5).  Could someone help
>>>with the identification of the proggie which is quick, tactically on a
>>>par with the top programs and positionally sound. It even has a small
>>>database in it, and is capable of importing PGN files.  Published by, I
>>>quess, Ossie Weiner and the HCC. I think that Nimzo 2.2.1 should be
>>>ruled out...
>>>
>>>Any info welcome.
>>
>>I have it too and I asked myself the same thing. Also it isn't exactly
>>strong it seems, I score like 80% against it and I wouldn't pretend that
>>of any other program ;)
>>
>>In any case I would guess it is Nimzo 2.1 or something like that, which
>>would make even more sense since the source code to that version is
>>available as well.
>
>Where could I get this source code ???
>
>
>    Christophe


Mephisto Meisterschach developement was based on Nimzo3.5 engine,
some things have been added and removed during the transition
from DOS to WIN95. To my best knowledge, source code has not been made
available.
Wolfgang



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