Author: Ulrich Tuerke
Date: 13:30:56 04/14/00
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On April 14, 2000 at 13:14:30, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >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 As Djordje already mentioned, Levy is also author of Intelligent Chess, my first chess comp. It used the TV screen to display the board and had a tape recorder integrated with some lessons by GM Pfleger. You could even record the games being played. I think that Levy is one of the computer chess pioneers. Uli
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