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Subject: Re: Power chess 98

Author: Mark Young

Date: 19:12:38 07/26/98

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On July 26, 1998 at 17:21:39, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On July 26, 1998 at 13:53:09, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>
>>On July 26, 1998 at 12:34:40, Moritz Berger wrote:
>>
>>>On July 26, 1998 at 10:04:38, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>>>
>>>>On July 26, 1998 at 09:55:57, Moritz Berger wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On July 26, 1998 at 09:51:15, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>I recomend this program that,
>>>>>>besides, is very cheap.
>>>>>>fernando
>>>>>
>>>>>Now, just why does this statement make me SMILE ;-))))
>>>>>
>>>>><evil grin>
>>>>>
>>>>>Moritz
>>>>
>>>>Moritz:
>>>>You resulted to be a devilish kind of jester...:-) I suppose you refer to my
>>>>long battle with people here about copying. Are you supposing I am dedicated to
>>>>copy everything so to talk about prices is a kind of bad joke? If you think so,
>>>>you should take a look again at my post about this issue. Sorry, Moritz, but for
>>>>me this is not a joke. It was said I was a thief and surely nobody is prepared
>>>>to laugh at jokes implying you are a thief. Or are you saying that because I
>>>>talked, long before, of the problems of Power 98 launching? Well, I superseded
>>>>them and now I enjoy the program.
>>>>Best regards
>>>>fernando
>>>
>>>... sorry if I hurt your feelings.
>>>
>>>Although I find your position in the copyright debate slightly alien (different
>>>cultural backgrounds, I suppose), I enjoy your company here way too much to
>>>scare you away by making cheap jokes about "cheap programs" (your words, not
>>>mine). My ignorance about your motivations probably made me comment with a
>>>cynical joke like I did. Maybe Euripides is our common ground as far as good and
>>>bad are concerned ;-) OK, OK, now I stop joking before I finally mess things up
>>>even more ...
>>>
>>>Relax, be happy and have a nice glass of red whine or Scotch (if that turned out
>>>to be a common essential cultural substance between you and me)
>>>
>>>Best Vishys
>>>
>>>
>>>Moritz
>>>
>>>P.S.: Sorry for being way off topic ....... ....... ....... .......
>>
>>
>>OK, OK, maybe I am a bit maniac after all. Too much work, few holidays, five or
>>six jobs -writting, performing in TV, etc- so...
>>Best wishes
>>Fernando
>\
>
>back to the topic at hand:  :)
>
>Powerchess98 is hellishly strong.  As is anything written by Dave.  WchessX
>is a terror on ICC, and certainly impresses me...  I win more than I lose with
>him, but I have a huge hardware advantage.  He is *very* strong there...

I did not know that was Daves program in Powerchess98. I shocked at how strong
the program was running on such weak hardware. Any program that can beat ferret
running on a P 166 is for sure hellishly strong, and that may be an
understatement.



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