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Subject: Re: 1997 Dutch Open Computer-Chess Championship

Author: John Stanback

Date: 20:18:25 12/02/97

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On December 02, 1997 at 13:25:00, Johan Havegheer wrote:

>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 only recent commercial versions available are Zarkov4.1 which is an
engine for Bookup and Zarkov4.2 which is an engine for Chess Assistant.
I haven't finished my Windows interface yet...  I had sent Remy copies
of a text only versions of Zarkov which he could autotest using auto232
or Winboard against Shannon.  I had no idea that it would wind up
playing in the tournament.

>--> 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 ???).
>

The versions he had were quite recent.

>>>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.


John Stanback



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