Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 13:22:36 10/04/00
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THis is neither the place nor the time for this kind of discussion. Either take it to a public newsgroup, or to private email, or to some publication of your choice. But _not_ here. Enough has been said. If it continues, it all gets deleted. On October 04, 2000 at 15:30:32, Marcus Kaestner wrote: >first of all it speaks for itself that stefan writes this post during my >absence. he was very well informed, that i´m offline for several days and he >used the right moment for this so that i have had no chance to react. > >it´s a really nice and smart guy this man. as djordje posted some month ago >about him: "...sticking out of the dark, beeing very careful not to be hitten >himself..." > >>Some strange and false statements about my person and my program Shredder have >recently been published. I think that it is necessary to make some facts known: > > >>1. The following statements by Marcus Kaestner are FALSE: > >>* Marcus Kaestner claims on his homepage and the cover of the latest issue of >his magazine to have tested a beta version of Shredder5 and the latest beta >version of Shredder in his magazine, on the cover he evens calls it just >?Shredder5?. > >you are not able to read even german (or you don´t want to read correct). there >is no beta-test announced. only the latest results in the chessbits rating list. > >everybody can see it at: > >http://mitglied.tripod.de/ChessBits/index.html > > >>2. The CORRECT facts are: > >>* Marcus Kaestner was a beta tester of Shredder until beginning of June 2000 >when I found out that he has copied beta versions to third parties. > >there are some more explanations necessary: > >1.i was not a beta tester, i was involved in making the engine stronger. > >2.i never gave a beta to a third party. this is only a pretence to hurt me and >to damage my image in the public. you are a mean guy! > >the right thing is, that i gave a beta to elvis, who was book-cooker of >shredder, because his beta-version has been crashed and you was not available. >even ossi weiner admits these days, that elvis was and is a team-member! >by the way: in the law-suite you opened finally, there is no single sentence of >giving away betas to unauthorised persons. so everyone can see that this >accusement is only for damaging... > > >>* Marcus Kaestner has found other programs to support, e.g. he was operating >Tiger in London and was responsible for Rebel and Tiger playing the Belgrade >Gambit in London against Shredder as he knew that previous versions of Shredder >have handled this opening not very well. Luckily for me the London version of >Shredder has improved also in this regards, > >you are really a mean guy! first you posted that i wanted to outbook shredder >using my inside knowledge. when ed and christophe said that it was only jeroens >work, you said that you have had the impression because of my behavior in london >in the tiger-shredder game. what a lie! > >1.you know very well, that i never use my inside knowledge. last year before the >wcc in paderborn YOU wanted me to prepare shredder against tiger for the >tournament, because i was the owner of the latest tiger versions! i refused and >said to you, that i would NEVER do that, because the other programmers are >trusting me. >2.it is not possible that you could have the impression that i would have done >that. at the beginning and during the game i said to you, that i would never do >that and that the opening choice was only jeroens work. > >but here you have the face to insult me this way. poor man... > > > >>* I have no idea why Marcus Kaestner is acting like this except for pushing his >magazine and trying to harm Shredder. > >nonsense. i never have harmed shredder or any other program. so you think i harm >shredder? out of this reason i announced shredder to become world champion in >london? out of this reason i publish the latest tournament list with new >shredder on no.1, beeing more than 100 points above fritz 6? your mind must be >fogged, your success has been coming to your head.... > >i have compassion on you. > >and a last thing: > >it doesn´t matter what you or your nasty boss will do to me: >your program will get the review it deserves. objective and without pre-justice. >that is my understanding of journalism. > >but you and your boss as persons should take care about yourselves VERY well. >the moment will come when the open invoice will be paid... >i can wait. > >marcus
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