Author: Paul
Date: 05:02:54 01/28/01
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On January 28, 2001 at 04:47:29, Thorsten Czub wrote: >On January 28, 2001 at 03:43:29, Uri Blass wrote: > >>>for me it is important that ALL kind of programs play. that the tournament >>>relates the best OLD programs with the best NEW programs. > >>All kind of programs do not participate. > >>I do not complain about it because the really old programs of 1980 have no >>chance. > >>Old programs of 5 years ago can compete and have practical chance to surprise >>the new programs in a minority of the cases. >> >>Uri > >that is right. although i think it is a pity that e.g. people like spracklan and >also martin bryant do not program chess anymore. >i miss them and their efforts. the spracklan programs played interesting. >not too good in tactics. often creative. also colossus chess4 i remember very >good. it was on my cpc464 it played very interesting selective chess, IMO >even better than colossus chess X later on Atari or PC. >what a pity. Hey ... I remember Colossus also ... played that on my Acorn BBC Master comp! I must still have that somewhere. If I remember correctly that was the first time I saw 'Null Moves'. The mainline on screen even had 'Null' moves in it! That sure was strange ... but it's a loooong time ago, at least it feels that way ... >we need them back. life is never over. come back. Groetjes, Paul
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