Author: Ray MacFadyen
Date: 17:17:17 07/26/02
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On July 25, 2002 at 22:50:34, Mike Byrne wrote: >On July 25, 2002 at 21:25:12, Ray MacFadyen wrote: > >>There used to be a regular poster on RGCC and on here by the name of Komputer >>Corner,his posts were always interesting and sometimes controversial,he left a >>few years ago to to do computer studies in the hope of a new career,I was >>wondering if anyone has heard of how he is going or what has happened to him. >>Any replies will be greatly appreciated. >>Ray MacFadyen > >Komputer Korner is Canadian whose bith name is Alan Tomalty. > >A serach of the Yahoo- Canada turned up two enail addresses with that nmae - you >may try to reach directly at : > >dc755@freenet.carleton.ca >korner@iosphere.net >korner@netcom.ca > >if in fact those email addresses are accurate. He wrote a good bye speach on >RGCC and it was a real good-bye. > >http://groups.google.com/groups?q=author:Komputer+author:Korner&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&selm=ZwKC2.10211%24134.92052%40tor-nn1.netcom.ca&rnum=11 > >================================================================================ > >"For reasons explained below this is the last you will see of me. The >last tip for non masters is to study tactics. All sorts of tactics. >Various GMs have said that chess is 95-97% tactics. To that end either >get the book "The art of combination" by Postal GM M.V. Blokh or >better yet buy the new program CTART 3.0 which I review at the CCC. >The computer program is simply Blokh's book put into a program which >rates your ability in tactics and gives multiple users an ELO rating >which surprisingly closely corresponds to your real rating. > >Now for the reason why I have to leave the computer chess cybersphere. >I am being downsized by my company at the age of 48 and have come to >the realization that if I want to be able to survive until my >retirement age of 60, I will have to go back to school in order to get >another job. To this end I will attempt to learn programming languages >in a commercial computer business school so I will have no time for >computer chess. To everyone that helped me over the years, I say >thanks again for your kind consideration and a special thanks to Bob >Hyatt who is truly the Oracle of computer chess. Hope you finally >write that book on computer chess Bob! I owe a thanks to all the >programmers who let me beta test and review their programs and I hope >I was able to help. To all the internet friends I met through >cyberspace, I can only say that it was a blast (even Rolf was funny at >times). Good luck to all of you and I know it is a very short time >until the GMs cry for mercy from the micros even at 40/2. However that >won't be the end of chess because computer computer events will take >on more importance. So all you computer chess freaks will be in your >glory. I may answer some questions on rgcc for a couple of weeks at >the maximum but after that I will have to sign off from cyberspace, So >Bye for now. > > > >-- >-- >Komputer Korner >The inkompetent komputer > >To send email take the 1 out of my address. My email address is >korner1@netcom.ca but take the 1 out before sending the email" Hi Mike Thanks for your reply,I will try and email him to see how he is going. Ray MacFadyen
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