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Subject: Re: u2600 Club Ratings - Dec 28

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 16:44:16 12/28/98

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On December 28, 1998 at 09:28:48, Dan Simmons wrote:

>On December 28, 1998 at 04:43:23, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>>Under 2600 Club
>>Dec 28 1998
>>
>> ...
>> ...
>> ...
>>New Member
>>
>>TDChess makes its first appearance in the list.  A relatively new ICC account,
>>TDChess enters as version 0.1, the successor to KnightCap.  TD stands for
>>Temporal Difference, a feedback learning method popular in backgammon.  It has
>>been very active this week, improving play significantly.
>>
>
>How do I go about enrolling my program in the Under 2600 club?  It is Xevious
>v2.01 and plays naturally enough, under the ICC account name Xevious.  It's
>blitz rating is currently around 2300 on a P/166.  Looking back at its games
>list, vs. U-2600 club members, it has a 2-0 score against TDChess and a 0-1
>against Rival.
>
>Interestingly enough, in the loss vs. Chrismo (Rival), it had a significant
>material advantage and won position then blundered into a tactical trap. On
>review, it spent 5 seconds thinking before blundering.  On further thinking, it
>discards the blundering move at 6 seconds.  Ah, such are the vagaries of
>computer chess.
>
>Dan


Dan,

Nice to hear from you.  I took a look at some of your games, and Xevious looks
pretty strong.  Nice draw against BountyHunter.  You might be a little strong
for us.

The club is made up of programs by people who post here at CCC on computer chess
issues, or have posted in the past.  The programmers have demonstrated a
knowledge of computer chess, or have a webpage with their program for download,
or have otherwise shown their interest and knowledge of computer chess.

I'd be happy to list your program, or anyone else's program, when they have met
the above standards.  Perhaps you could outline your development process, what
algorithms you use, how long it's been under development, etc.

Thanks for your interest!

Will




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