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Subject: Re: A question for everyone who has written a chess program........

Author: Jonas Cohonas

Date: 14:38:59 06/12/02

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On June 12, 2002 at 15:18:25, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On June 12, 2002 at 14:31:57, Slater Wold wrote:
>
>>Where'd you come up with the name?
>>
>>Crafty, Fritz, Junior, Rebel, Chess Tiger, Movei, Ferret, Monsoon, etc., etc.
>
>My program originally only played crazyhouse and bughouse chess.
>The strongest player at that time was Andre Nillson, playing
>under the handle 'Gnejs'. I reversed it to 'Sjeng'.
>
>I like the sound of it, so I kept it.
>
>Also, there's a Dutch tennis player who is actually named like
>that.
>
I guess it is the Dutch? player Sjeng Schalcken you are referring to?

Regards
Jonas



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