Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 23:02:33 08/31/00
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On August 31, 2000 at 21:05:57, Christophe Theron wrote: >On August 31, 2000 at 19:01:37, Chessfun wrote: > >>On August 31, 2000 at 18:57:15, Peter Fendrich wrote: >> >>>On August 31, 2000 at 18:39:15, Chessfun wrote: >>> >>>>On August 31, 2000 at 18:13:25, Christophe Theron wrote: >>>> >>>>>On August 31, 2000 at 17:09:01, Peter Fendrich wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>I found the answear at >>>>>>http://www.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/~olympiad/ >>>>>> >>>>>>--------------------------------------------- >>>>>>Briefly: >>>>>> >>>>>>The game is played on a 10x10 square board. In the initial position, White has 4 >>>>>>queens placed at a4, d1, g1 & j4, and Black has 4 queens placed at a7, d10, g10 >>>>>>& j7. White plays first. Queens move in any vertical, horizontal, or diagonal >>>>>>line, as many squares as they wish, provided the destination square and those it >>>>>>slides over are all unoccupied. A move in the game consists of 2 steps. (1) >>>>>>Moving any queen that can still move. (2) blocking a square now reachable in a >>>>>>single queen move from the destination square of the moved queen. Once blocked, >>>>>>squares are never unblocked. The first player unable to move loses. For >>>>>>tie-breaking purposes, the winner is credited with a "territory" score. This is >>>>>>the number of vacant squares that could be reached by a winner's queen, given >>>>>>unlimited further moves. >>>>>>--------------------------------------------- >>>>>> >>>>>>...and the convincing winner was Johan de Koning! >>>>>>//Peter >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>I guess mobility plays a decisive role in this game, and The King chess engine >>>>>has always been very good at evaluating mobility! :) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Christophe >>>> >>>>By the description of the game maybe he should rename the >>>>engine the "Queen" engine. >>>> >>>>Thanks. >>> >>>As a curious coincidence I think Koning means King in some language. Is it >>>dutch? And now he is the emperor among Amazons. >>>Well, it's time to go to bed... :) >>>Good Knight! >>> >>>//Peter >> >>I think "de Koning" is "the king" in Dutch, which is where >>I think when people refer to the engine name as the king >>this also came from. >> >>Thanks. > > > >The name of the engine inside Chessmaster is officially "The King". The King is >the name given to his engine by Johan. It was the name under which is program >was known well before it was included inside Chessmaster. > >That's a natural naming choice for someone named "De Koning" I think. > > > Christophe True. "De Koning" (dutch) = "The King" Like CT = Chess Tiger = Christophe Theron :) Ed
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