Author: John Stanback
Date: 08:35:08 09/12/99
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On September 12, 1999 at 05:06:17, Dave Dory wrote: >Just sent a copy of KissChess to a newcomer interested in source code for chess >programs yesterday. Had to tell him that although John Stanback wrote the >engine, we hadn't been able to find him on the web. > >KissChess is a slightly modified program which I believe you knew as C_chess, >John. You wrote it for unix, very basic interface. > >I modified the interface, and hoped to use it as the starting point for a rgcc >newsgroup chess programming (open source) project, but that never happened. > >Wanted to let you know about it, your name is still on the program. As far as I >know. no one is working on it. I didn't put it there, but I have seen it on >Gambit-soft's shareware download page. > >If it bothers you, John, let me know and I'll delete it from my files, and ask >the Gambit folks to do the same. > >Best of luck with Zarkov (looks strong!), and good to have you back around. > >Dave Sure, it's fine to do whatever you want with the source code for SCP (Stanback Chess Program). I posted this to the rec.games.chess newsgroup in 1986 or 1987 I think. Without severe modification it's not gonna be very competetive with today's programs. I still work on Zarkov, although I sometimes have breaks when I don't work on it at all -- like for the past 3 months. John
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