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Subject: Re: Explanation needed

Author: Ilya P. Kozachenko

Date: 01:54:29 09/09/98

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On September 08, 1998 at 17:13:30, Peter McKenzie wrote:

>On September 07, 1998 at 12:54:56, Ilya P. Kozachenko wrote:
>
>>
>>P.S. I start to work on Botvinnik's project. Anyone familiar w/it,
>>     pls e-mail me.
>
>OK, I'll bite.

Welcome.

>Isn't Botvinnik dead?

Unfortunately, yes, 5th May 1995.

>Wasn't his chess program vapourware?

In contrast to many people's opinion, NOT.
Surely, it never hasn't been realized as whole complete competitive program,
but it doesn't mean that his program was vapourware.
I've communicated with director of Interregional Public Fund "Mikhail
Botvinnik" - I.Yu.Botvinnik - and I'm going to go to Moscow at nearest
future for accessing M.M.Botvinnik's archives.
In addition I collected almost all his articles published in former
Soviet Union and started to learn it.
It is so interesting.

Everybody who knows how to reach his co-authors, please inform me.
For information, the latest version of his program, started to being
developed at 1994, was called "Chess Computer Sapiens" instead of earlier
"Pioneer".

>
>Regards,
>Peter



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