Author: Lonnie Cook
Date: 17:37:41 12/07/99
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On December 07, 1999 at 19:04:44, Heiko Mikala wrote: >On December 07, 1999 at 18:37:54, Lonnie Cook wrote: > >>To all, >>Just got this off gambitsoft's news section >> >>No new M-CHESS >> >>There will be no new M-Chess in the foreseeable future, we heard today. Marty >>Hirsch has a full time job outside chess, so he seems to have no time anymore. >>Maybe he reads this and can give more details. - 12/7/99 > >Ooohhh, bad news.... > >I hope this is wrong. On the other hand, I really wouldn't know, how he could >improve this great program even more. But he did it in the past, he will do >it in the future, I'm sure. If you ever got infected with the chess-programming >virus, it will never ever let you go ;-) I can name a couple things off hand 1)How bout being able to import game files into your books? 2)How bout soem decent database functions, take a lookie at Fritz,Rebel etc. Each has its own unique niche in that area. 3) HOW BOUT BRINGING INTO A WIN ENVIRONMENT. DOS is Dead. Why do u think everyone is taking their DOS apps and porting to WINDOZE!? I;'ve always been a DOS fan and chess programs BUT times a changing > > >>I hate to say it but it showed after ver 5. I stopped using it after that. it >>played horribly. > >Huh? Are you talking about version 5 or 8? Did you see it's (v8) results in my >tournament? It plays great chess, and it's absolutely competitive even against >the strongest other programs. Do you remember Enrique Irazoquis tournament from >the end of last year? It finished on a shared second place in this tournament >out of eleven programs. Enrique used all the strongest programs available at >that time, in the biggest tournament I have ever seen (550 games all in all). > > >Greetings, > >Heiko.
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