Author: John Merlino
Date: 08:22:06 07/26/03
Go up one level in this thread
On July 26, 2003 at 05:31:41, Alastair Scott wrote: >On July 25, 2003 at 18:58:47, John Merlino wrote: > >>Hello all, >> >>This is just to notify you all that a program that I have been working on called >>"Hoyle Majestic Chess" has now been approved for production and should be >>available in US stores around August 22nd. The company that developed it (the >>one that I work for) is called Fluent Entertainment. > >I shall be looking for it in the UK (not available from amazon.co.uk yet). > >I must say that, on a quick look at Vivendi's site, it has far more to offer >than Kasparov Chessmate (which, although it uses the Ruffian engine, goes too >far towards minimalism) and could well put a spoke in the wheels of Virtual >Chess 3, which has been delayed two or three times now ... > >Alastair > >PS In one of the positions - screenshot 5 - how did a Black bishop turn up on f5 >with eight Black pawns still on the board and Black pawns still on b7 and d7? ;) >Ridiculous positions are a stock-in-trade of chess advertising, but illegal ones >take that to a new level! All I can say about that screenshot is that I don't think I've ever been involved in a chess program that was advertised without a screenshot or video that had an illegal/impossible/stupid position. Or, even worse, the board placed with a dark square on h1! :-) jm
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.