Author: Uri Blass
Date: 13:58:09 10/06/02
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On October 06, 2002 at 16:50:34, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On October 06, 2002 at 16:17:10, Uri Blass wrote: > >>We do not know all the details. >>It is important to know if tiger played on a regular pc or on a palm and even if >>it played on a regular pc it is possible that there was a virus in the relevant >>computer that made tiger ran slower. > >According to http://www.ludochess.com/fccc2002/tournoi.php3, Chess Tiger was >slightly outgunned. The timecontrol was 20+5 according to FQ. Maybe the >increment is to blame. > >>Another surprise is to see the name jester here. >> >>I think that it is not the real jester that is a weak winboard program from USA. >> >>Programmers should at least check the list of winboard engines before they >>choose a name for their program. > >Apparently, the French Jester is a Java chess program: > >http://www.ludochess.com/jester_eng/jester_eng.php3. > >Not a WinBoard engine and may or may not be older than the American version, so >your criticism isn't wellplaced IMO. > >Regards, >Mogens The question is not if the french engine is older. The question is when the author made the name public. It is clear that one of the authors of one of the jesters should change the name and the relevant author is the author who was not the first to make the name jester public. Uri
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