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Subject: Re: Computer chess for fun?

Author: Mark Ryan

Date: 04:10:11 07/18/00

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On July 18, 2000 at 06:14:54, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:

>
>Dear Mark and Jason,
>
>In the good old days back in 1956 when we had dirt roads in Vancouver and you
>could hear the 9 O'Clock gun from our home on Monmouth Ave. it was fun to walk
>on the sea walls at Stanley Park and look down into the waters and see all the
>multicoloured corals and seaweeds. Ah--the unspoiled virgin Vancouver.  I
>remember Harry's Fish and Chips--Harry was a salty ex-sailor in her Majesty's
>Royal Navy.  I also remember triple-decker rainbow ice-cream cones for 15 cents.
>
>It was a nice place but it rained too much.  By the way computer chess is not as
>much fun as human-human chess but the GM contests are quite exiting.
>
>
>Tim Frohlick in Albuquerque NM  USA

Exquisite memories ... I've lived in Vancouver since 1950.  BTW, I've lost count
of the cities you've lived in:  Vancouver, Winnipeg, Denver?, Albuquerque, ...

Computer chess is at a very interesting threshold right now.  Whatever the true
strength of the programs, there is a widespread interest.

Cheers,
Mark  (from Vancouver, where pure rainwater keeps everything sparkly clean)




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