Author: James Robertson
Date: 19:09:47 01/03/99
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On January 03, 1999 at 19:48:35, Will Singleton wrote: >On January 03, 1999 at 19:04:17, James Robertson wrote: > >>On January 03, 1999 at 11:29:34, Will Singleton wrote: > >>>Trivia Contest >>> >>>Which program won the First World Computer Chess Championship? First correct >>>answer posted here gets the prize. Extra credit for its programmers¹ term >>>for "null move." >> >>I guess "Kaissa"? I have no clue what "null move" is in Russian. :) >> >>James >> >>> >>>The prize is another copy of the 1982 work "The Soul of a New Machine," by >>>Tracy Kidder. >>> >>> > >Yes, you got it. Congratulations! Chess 4.0 was the favorite in a strong >field >(this is before the great Chess 4.5), and Kaissa and Chess 4.0 didn't play each >other in the tournament. Afterwards, they played an exhibition, which ended in >a draw. Didn't the game end with Kaissa a knight ahead? I seem to remember something like that. Also the tournament featured an astounding loss by Chess 4.0 to another program? > >Your copy of the book will be on its way soon via Amazon. Hope you enjoy it! > >Will > >ps, they discussed a so-called "blank move", which they said was a nontrivial >enhancement. Thanks! I love computer chess books. Reading David Levy's book on computer chess history inspired me to write my own program! Maybe soon my program can join the "under 2000" club. :) I finally got it playing real games today! Hooray!!! I am going to try to get it an account at FICS as soon as possible; at least when I think up a name for it. James
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