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Subject: Re: Star Diamond likes to castle queenside

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 20:09:11 12/23/03

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On December 23, 2003 at 22:58:34, J. C. Boco wrote:

>I've played 7 games against the Novag Star Diamond, giving myself 40 moves in
>2.5 hours and the computer 40 moves in 2 minutes.  I'm a weak class C player.
>
>0 1/2 0 0 0 0 0
>
>In 5 of the games the Star Diamond castled QS, in 1 game it didn't castle at all
>(you don't have to do much to beat me), and in the only game it castled KS I
>think it was "planning" to castle QS since it moved all its QS pieces first and
>only "changed its mind" when I started hurling my QS pawns forward.  I castled
>KS myself in 5/7 games.
>
>Does anyone know precisely what program is running on the Star Diamond?

It is a Kittinger program - similiar to the old Wchess or the newer Majestic
Chess.



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