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Subject: Re: Kamikaze Shredder ???

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 02:17:40 12/05/00

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On December 03, 2000 at 22:39:12, Christophe Theron wrote:

>It's just that I was telling to myself: "well... Stefan is in computer chess
>since... how many years? Five? Six? Seven? What names has he been using for his
>programs? Only one, as far as I know: Shredder. What's the probability that he
>decides like that, out of the blue, to name one of his engines 'Gambit'???".
>
>And one thought leads to another, and you know, it's hard to find another
>explanation than "after the way users have welcomed Gambit Tiger, he has decided
>to be part of it and to stick the name Gambit to his program's name".
>
>No big deal. Maybe it's a kind of... tribute to Gambit Tiger??? ;)

The term gambit is inherent to the game of chess, so using it doesn't imply
anything in particular. And since you probably don't have the program, I doubt
you have any idea about it's playing style. And therefore no knowledge of any
similarities or differences between your program and Gambit Shredder, except for
the word Gambit. A petty reason for an argument IMHO.

Mogens.



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