Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 10:14:30 04/14/00
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On April 14, 2000 at 13:05:22, William H Rogers wrote: >On April 14, 2000 at 11:41:36, Pete Galati wrote: > >>On April 14, 2000 at 06:22:26, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >> >>>On April 13, 2000 at 20:10:37, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >>> >>>>On April 13, 2000 at 15:30:36, Mark Loftus wrote: >>>> >>>>>Does anyone know the time, seconds per move, of old dos programs like Sargon III >>>>>(Spracklens, Dos adaptation by Kenneth Leavelle), or Cyrus (Richard Lang), for >>>>>the different levels 1, 2, 3, etc.? This is not given in program documentation. >>>>>Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Mark >>>> >>>>Hello, >>>> >>>>Cyrus for the PC was programmed by David Levy and the Intelligent Systems >>>>Software, not by Richard Lang. Sorry that I can't be of any help regarding the >>>>first question. >>>> >>>>*** Djordje >>> >>>It was my understanding that Lang wrote the program and Levy sold it, hence >>>Levy's name all over the software. >>> >>>Levy has written a lot of stuff about computer chess and I've read a fair amount >>>of it. When it comes to programming, he's usually extremely vague. I wouldn't be >>>surprised if he doesn't know how to program. >>> >>>I had a brief conversation with him at the 95 WMCCC and I remember he said >>>something truly bizarre about how chess programs work, but I can't remember for >>>the life of me what it was. >>> >>>-Tom >> >>Is he more of a journalist or publisher then? Does anyone know what kind of >>backround Levy _has_ in computers? (personally I have no backround whatso ever >>btw) >> >>Pete > >I only know of two programs that David Levy had a hand in: >1. Visual Chess for the TI : it showed every move graphically that the computer > was thinking about. The Screen just went wild. >2. Cyrus : I think that I have the name of the author who > helped write it using David's ideas and I don't > think it was Richard Lang. >Bill Levy has been extremely active in computer chess. He has written books about it, organized tournaments for it, played matches against computers (he's an IM), etc. But I don't think he knows how to actually write a program. I thought it was common knowledge that Lang wrote Cyrus, but I don't have any proof. So you may be right. -Tom
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