Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 15:13:51 10/06/98
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On October 06, 1998 at 17:38:21, Cristian Zaslo wrote:
>Hello Christophe, thanks for your message !
>I know pretty well Lang’s Genius 3 and Genius 4, they are quite strong chess
>programs...
>The ZX chess programs that seem to have implemented that ‘PV- trick’ are:
>
>Colossus 4.0 author Martin Bryant 1986 (shows nodes, depth, best line,
>current line)
>Superchess 3.0 author Chris Whittington 1983 (shows nodes, best move)
>Superchess 3.5 author Chris Whittington 1985 (shows plymax, best line)
>Cyrus 48k author Richard Lang 1983 (shows nothing)
If Cyrus shows nothing, how do you know it has quiet moves deep down in the
PV???
Cyrus on PC seems to have a quite classical algorithm. You don't see these
incredibly long lines.
About Whittington programs: we could ask Thorsten Czub, but oops... Where is he?
Maybe you can email him directly, he is in touch with Chris.
Christophe
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