Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 21:34:52 09/06/02
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On September 06, 2002 at 23:36:05, Aaron Tay wrote: >On September 06, 2002 at 15:31:09, Chessfun wrote: > >>On September 06, 2002 at 05:05:54, Aaron Tay wrote: >> >>>On September 06, 2002 at 04:34:35, Bas Hamstra wrote: >>> >>>>On September 05, 2002 at 21:42:39, Aaron Tay wrote: >>>> >>>>>On September 05, 2002 at 16:15:36, Bas Hamstra wrote: >>> > >>That's impressive ..But about on-par with other strong privateware like >>>Chester (2716, Athlon 1.2 Ghz) ,Searcher (2858, Athlon 1.4 Ghz),Monsoon (2717, >>>Athlon 1.533 Ghz), Insomanic (2887, Athlon 1.2 Ghz), Zarkov (2898, 2 machines) >>>,Ferret (2974, 2x1.2 Ghz)... >>> >>>So it does belong to the class of strongest engines... >>> >>>I have a list of strong privateware handles at >>>http://www.chesskit.com/aarontay/Winboard/privateware.html >>>for easy reference... >>> > >>======================================================================== >>> >>>Aaron >> >>Hi Aaron, >> Thanks for the link, interesting page. >> >>>Do you think any of these "privateware" programs are clones of existing >>programs? >> >>Sarah. > >Hard to say, given that few people have them. Still most are my list >are pretty well established Chess engines with authors that are well known to >CCC , so IMHO it's quite unlikely they are clones. > >Aaron Strictly based on observation and without proof - I suspect Chesterx by Steve Timson is a clone - it's too good - but I don't know Steve and he may be legit. If anybody knows first hand this is not the case, I stand corrected. Most of the others I recognized and I'm fairly confident they are not running clones.
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