Author: Omid David
Date: 13:01:14 07/20/02
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On July 20, 2002 at 01:05:03, Kevin Strickland wrote: >On July 19, 2002 at 19:24:01, Chessfun wrote: > >>On July 19, 2002 at 18:31:02, Bruce Moreland wrote: >> >>>On July 19, 2002 at 18:07:28, Chessfun wrote: >>> >>>>On July 19, 2002 at 17:39:11, Russell Reagan wrote: >>>> >>>>>A search of an online Canada phone directory reveals that there are several >>>>>Peter Skinners living in Canada, one of which lives in Edmonton. There we no >>>>>results for Kevin Strickland or David Wilke. It's possible that their numbers >>>>>could not be listed though. >>>>> >>>>>What are the chances that Peter Skinner is real, and when things turned sour >>>>>with the computer deal, he started with the whole David Wilke thing? As Pavel >>>>>pointed out, there was a Peter Skinner who beta tested for a version of Rebel. >>>>>Maybe someone should give him a call :) >>>>> >>>>>Russell >>>> >>>> >>>>The Peter Skinner who beta tested Rebel 11 is one and the same as the one who >>>>posted here. As I wrote last week, Edmonton is a hive of Computer Chess >>>>enthusiasts ;-) >>>> >>>>Sarah. >>> >>>I don't know if you are serious, but in case you don't know, Edmonton IS a hive >>>of Computer Chess enthusiasts. Edmonton is home of the University of Alberta, >>>which is one of the few places in North America where computer chess research is >>>pretty common. >>> >>>bruce >> >> >>I did know that the University of Alberta is there. It just strikes me as odd >>that Skinner spoke of it as did Wilke and then along comes Strickland, lets not >>forget Adrien Regimbald author of Faile (to quote Strickland) whom Skinner >>supposedly showed his Fedex receipt too, also has links to the UAlberta. And it >>would seem hasn't posted here for quite sometime. >> >>Sarah. > >So now I am Adrien, Peter, Kevin, David. Am I also Osama Bin Laden? > >If you only just how much interest there is in Edmonton relating to computer >chess. It is bigger than regular chess. Hell there was even an ACM event held >here. Do you think that happened by chance? > >Sarah you seemed smarter than this, possibly I was wrong in my assumption. > >Kevin. University of Alberta's GAMES research group (http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~games) is one of the prominents in the world with people like Marsland and Schaeffer involved. However, despite this proposed tournament being in Edmonton, I haven't heard anyone saying anything about University of Alberta's affiliation with the tourney. If there is any affiliation, please clarify.
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