Author: David Dahlem
Date: 12:44:27 07/14/04
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On July 14, 2004 at 14:37:41, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >As much in the spirit of some reclamations that have ben made here what matter >in a competition is not the best chess output possible, but the better refined >and elegant software, I propose the follwing rules to an eventual fair, future >competition > >a) Hardware cannot be superior than a 8088 PC. Anything faster than that is >sheer abuse and just -and at best- a show of hardare proficiency, not of chess >programming wit and acumen. >b) For the same reason a program cannot be larger than 8 Kb. Anything larger >than that is making unfair use of available memory addresses offered by current >devices and going beyond the economy in lines-writting that elegance demands. >c) no openning book alouded because this is a confrontation of wits, not of >books >d) search limit of only 3 half moves or you just get the upper hand on the >ground of brute force >e) BASIC programming language is a must. Anything better than that is just to >take advantage of progress in areas alien to specific chess computers field. > >In fact the very best thing to do would be NOT bringing a completely assembled >or writen code, but a shit of paper LOL!! with the ideas that should be implemented to >do so some day. In that way you put aside any kind of exogenous tool that >viciously enhance a program beyond he wit of his author. > >Now I oly need some advices about tye name for this orunament, the first and >only REAL one in prsent times to be ever performed. >ferdinan >Organizer
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