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Subject: Re: El Chinito has been a strong program ever since the Odyssey 2001!

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 09:52:27 10/22/03

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On October 22, 2003 at 12:15:41, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On October 22, 2003 at 11:52:47, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>On October 22, 2003 at 11:18:08, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>On October 22, 2003 at 10:40:37, stuart taylor wrote:
>>>
>>>>Because as soon as they become among the top 6-10, they will anyway become
>>>>comercial.
>>>>Therefore, indeed, free programs are the arena for weaker programs. They will
>>>>never compete, just join.
>>>
>>>Nobody is being mislead.  If they swore a solemn oath always to give it away for
>>>free, then that would be misleading.
>>>
>>>Of course, we have been getting free gold nuggets and now the faucet will turn
>>>off.  So naturally, we will cry a little bit.
>>>
>>>But there will always be crafty, and other strong engines.  And we still have
>>>the versions that they did give away for nothing.
>>>
>>>And you can buy a top-flite chess engine for about $30.  So we can dry our tears
>>>and break out our checkbooks.
>>>
>>>By the way, have you tried ElChinito?
>>>
>>>Better try your turn before it goes pro.  Another dynamite dandy:
>>
>>I did NOT know that el chinito was available for Free, where can I download it?
>
>You need to get an account to the Arena forum.
>
>You can also get Ruffian 1.0.5 and two versions of Patzer.

Thanks, I remeber El chinito beating Junior 7 back in the Odyssey 2001, it
replaced the program Eugen after round 13 and never lost a single game on this
tourney:

http://www.rebel.nl/odyssey.htm



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