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Subject: Re: Quest

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 02:13:44 08/16/01

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On August 15, 2001 at 15:24:48, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On August 15, 2001 at 13:25:02, Mark Loftus wrote:
>
>>On August 14, 2001 at 01:41:27, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>
>>>This is very clever name for Fritz! If it wins, so it's Fritz7 - if it does
>>>bad, it's experimental version nothing in common with Fritz7...
>>>
>>>Jouni
>>
>>Quest is the name commonly used in tournaments for experimental versions of
>>Fritz, and this has been done for over 10 years, no big deal. There are those
>>who don't like the program who may read more into that.
>>
>
>
>Hey, I remember Fritz 1.0 being sold in the USA as KnightStalker.  I actually
>bought it (and still have it, I think).
>
>So, Fritz, Quest, and KnightStalker are all the same program.  Hmmm.

I played against KnightStalker several years ago in a friend's computer. I think
it was a 386. Anyway it was extremely weak, I defeated it very easily. Who could
say that in such a short time hardware and software improvements would be enough
to play against the world champion.
José.



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