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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