Author: Alastair Scott
Date: 11:12:29 05/21/03
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On May 21, 2003 at 00:00:11, Russell Reagan wrote: >So what do you think contributes to the popularity of computer chess? To add to the two stated, there is also a virtuous circle caused by computer chess being more popular; the standards were there first (Winboard, PGN, ICS) and were good for their time so gave a solid base which led to further improvements and further standards (UCI, suggestions for improving PGN) ... Other games are catching up and only by imitation; for example, there is a PDN standard for draughts, largely a copy of PGN, but (as far as I know) no equivalent of Winboard. Also, I think a game of chess, because it is not immediate and is considered "intellectual", is subconsciously a relatively Big Thing, again an incentive for improvement and adding features; although many people play it I doubt many save computerised Scrabble games in databases ...! Alastair
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