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Subject: Re: 1997 Dutch Open Computer-Chess Championship

Author: Johan Havegheer

Date: 10:25:00 12/02/97

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On December 02, 1997 at 06:41:52, Ingo Althofer wrote:

>On December 01, 1997 at 14:07:24, Johan Havegheer wrote:
>>....
>
>Thanks for your information.
>A question on the Shannon/Zarkov exchange:  Do I interpret it right
>that Zarkov has a publicly available engine interface ? ( That would
>be very interesting, almost as interesting as publicly available
>Fritz-engine interface. ) Or has Mr. de Ruyscher personal connections
>to the Zarkov team ?
>
--> The zarkov engine was a clean one and can be used with Winboard
just like Shannon. The use of Zarkov was certainly by accident !! I
think
it's a rather old version (3.04 ???).

>>Normally, Shannon (A program by Remy de Ruyscher) was intended to play.
>>But he used the wrong engine (Zarkov) instaed. Strange situation.
>>It reminds me of Quick Step from Mr Langer.
>There is a difference. Mr. Langer never confessed to have used programs
>or engines of other computer chess authors.
>>Johan (The King) used the 2.55 Engine. He told me (i was there last
>>sunday) that he's not a professional anymore. He has a new interim job
>>I think he broke with TASC but i am not sure ?
>For me this would explain why I got a very uninformed answer from TASC
>when I asked a technical question concerning TheKing 2.54 some weeks
>ago.
>
>Ingo Althoefer.



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