Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 14:05:59 02/28/03
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On February 28, 2003 at 16:33:45, John Merlino wrote: >On February 28, 2003 at 13:34:38, Cliff Sears wrote: > >>Just nosy. Does anyone know Johan de Koning? I do not find any web sites on >>him. Is he still going to be the programmer is there is a Chessmaster 10000? >>How did he hook up with Chessmaster? Does he go to any computer chess >>tournaments? >> >>He seems like a "Mystery Man" in the world of computer chess > >Of course, being the ex-project manager for Chessmaster, I know Johan well. We >have traded many e-mails, and have talked about many non-Chessmaster topics. He >prefers to remain incognito, not posting to any message boards such as this one, >although he regularly vists and keeps up to date on most or all of the important >ones. > >I have no idea if he is going to be involved with CMX000 (as we were calling >it). I know that he is providing the engine for the soon-to-be-released PS2 >version. > >Johan became involved with Chessmaster during his days as the engine writer for >TASC. TASC supplied The King engine to Mindscape (or was it still the Software >Toolworks) for Chessmaster 3000 (I believe) back in 1991. Eventually, TASC went >out of business, but Mindscape took on Johan as an independent contractor, which >he remains still. > >He goes to at least two computer chess tournaments a year as a participator, and >at least one a year as an observer. > >And he probably very much appreciates being called a "Mystery Man". :-) A small correction (?): I just might be wrong... I believe that Chessmaster 3000 was actually programmed by Dave Kittinger, not by Johan de Koning. I have an idea that Johan got involved with CM starting with version 4000. Someone please correct me if I am mistaken. -- Djordje >jm
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