Author: Keith Evans
Date: 10:34:10 01/10/04
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On January 10, 2004 at 02:29:24, Ed Trice wrote: > >> >>You should be aware of the following link: >> >>http://groups.google.com/groups?q=author:wtangel%40well.sf.ca.us&start=10&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=29724%40well.sf.ca.us&rnum=17 >> >>In my opinion the post and program establishes prior art for programs (engine + >>primitive GUI) which can play Capablanca chess, and which can use commands to >>edit the starting position, and can indeed save and restore games and starting >>positions. > >Capablanca Chess and Gothic Chess are different. > >There is no prior art for Gothic Chess because I was the first person to >separate the King and the Queen. > >Capablanca has 3 diagonal pieces all in a row: Arcbishop, Bishop, and Queen. >They are all gunning in the vicinity of the undefended i-pawn, which means >castles kingside is suicide. > >None of these gross imbalances exist in Gothic Chess. > >THEY ARE DIFFERENT, ok, as different as night is from day. > >I played Capablanca's chess half a dozen times a day for over a year, looking >for the way to draw as black that Capa found. > >There is none. The point is that as far as I can tell, an engine which plays capablanca's chess is no different than an engine that plays gothic chess. Therefore I don't understand why engines would need a license. After all there is a decade old engine that demonstrates this.
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