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Subject: Re: old and very old programs, colossus chess... sargon...

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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