Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 22:26:01 12/05/00
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On December 05, 2000 at 05:17:40, Mogens Larsen wrote:
>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.
Hi Mogens!
I would have been surprised to see you staying away from such an interesting
controversy. ;)
I was just telling Stefan about what I think.
Christophe
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