Author: Aaron Tay
Date: 23:41:20 09/06/02
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On September 07, 2002 at 00:34:52, Mike Byrne wrote: >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 - Well there are better ones on my list though. >but I don't know Steve and he may be legit. >If anybody knows first hand this is not the case, I stand corrected. IT took part in various CCT 3(?). This is where i got the name from.Do a CCC search and you will also see some posts by him. Monsoon,Chester and Searcher are associated in my mind because they are 3 very strong privateware that was "discovered" (by me anyway) during CCTs... >Most of the others I recognized and I'm fairly confident they are not running >clones.
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