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Subject: Re: CCT6 point of order

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 12:20:36 01/21/04

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On January 21, 2004 at 12:50:15, Leo Dijksman wrote:

>On January 20, 2004 at 19:39:55, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>>On January 20, 2004 at 18:51:19, Thomas Mayer wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Will,
>>>
>>>>Adam Chess (not the same as Adam?)
>>>
>>>definitely not - Adam is from france and the author name is something with 'L' -
>>>it's new to me too...
>>>
>>>>Chiron (sounds familiar, but I couldn't find any info on it)
>>>
>>>Chiron has played in the last 5th Division at WBEC-Ridderkerk...
>>>
>>>Greets, Thomas
>>>
>>>P.S.: Leo's site is always my first place to look for engine I do not know
>>>yet... :) Simply fantastic...
>>
>>Yes, I concur.  I did check his site, but only looked at the drop-down info
>>list, which doesn't have Chiron.  I should have checked the rating list as well.
>>
>>Will
>
>Hi Will,
>
>Better to look at the "participants" (under "Divisions") list instead of the
>ratinglist because they are ranked alfabetically there and also "new" engines
>(without rating) are on that list!
>
>Chiron: Ubaldo Andrea Farina, Italy, follow up for Fauce!
>
>Best wishes,
>Leo.


This does not exactly make a new program "established" just because it has
played in some privately-held event somewhere.  IE bionic, voyager and le petite
also played in _many_ such events.  They were _all_ copies of Crafty.  We have
to address this problem (not to mention the problem of amateurs that are
secretly using commercial engines)...



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