Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:31:02 06/27/04
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On June 27, 2004 at 14:13:53, Mike Byrne wrote: >Open through windows explorer (not the CM10K GUI) > >I thought this was interesting: > >"The King, Version 3.12 > >In 1987, Johan de Koning (de Koning is Dutch for “The King”) started writing >chess programs. The first version of “The King” was running on a 68000 >processor, which had been introduced in microcomputers shortly before. Always >trying to improve performance, The King was rewritten for the ARM-family of >RISC-processors and finally for the Intel 80X86-family. From the start, The King >was given an attractive and enterprising playing style. Unlike many other >computer programs, The King actively seeks attacking possibilities and is ready >to sacrifice material not only on tactical, but also on positional grounds. >Results and playing strength of the program steadily increased, and it has been >among the world’s strongest ever since 1990. >" > >version 3.12 caught my eye .... that was the orginal engine from Cm8K I >believed.... It's a bug. CMX does have The King v3.33 in it. jm
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