Author: Eugene Nalimov
Date: 15:40:27 01/31/02
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Do you saw strong chess programs (other than KAISSA, that diead around 1977) from the communist contries before fall of communism? Eugene On January 31, 2002 at 17:39:14, Thorsten Czub wrote: >On January 30, 2002 at 14:46:02, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On January 30, 2002 at 11:02:10, Thorsten Czub wrote: >> >>> >>>>They discussed this at the 1977 event in Toronto (which they didn't win, btw). >>> >>>would be IMO a nice "joke" or nice idea to do a game: >>> >>>Kaissa-PC versus Crafty on todays hardware. >>> >>>maybe someone who has the program can do it. but please 40/120. >> >>I will be surprised if kaissa can win or draw. >>Maybe kaissa on a fast PC against palm tiger at 120/40 can be more interesting. >> >>Uri > >its a pity, but it seems to be true that communistic computer-chess >died in the moment communism died. > >today its difficult to find ANY strong chess program. why ? >the people in the former UdSSR have to fight surviving and cannot >program chess in their spare time anymore. > >computerchess as a hobby is something for the rich countries. > >what a pity.
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