Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 06:56:43 01/20/02
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On January 20, 2002 at 09:28:51, Bas Hamstra wrote: >A dutch saying. I "converted" a colleague that has become a friend at work, I'm >not entirely sure that this is a noble thing. He is pretty smart and has a broad >interest. So we talked a few times about the insides of a chess program. He >became interested and I explained alphabeta. The next day he had alphabeta >completely figured out in a spreadsheet, and understood it. Two weeks later, he >has a working winboard engine... Boy HE goes fast. In May (if there is a Leiden >tournament again) he will show up with "Shark". His main target is to crush Tao >:-) At first I smiled, and said that is was quite possible in a couple of years. >But lately I am beginning to get the feeling that it might be sooner :-) Have >you ever seen someone pick it up SO quickly...? IIRC Bruce started on Ferret in 1994 and had (from his own comments) an engine that could have been commerical by the end of 1995. I think that's certainly a remarkable archievement, especially considering that seven years ago there was much less information and examples available. -- GCP
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