Author: Peter Fendrich
Date: 13:45:17 08/15/04
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On August 14, 2004 at 21:04:27, Arturo Ochoa wrote: >Greetings: > >I am writing to inform you that I have resigned as the Diep´s Book Opening >Creator after three years of being supporting the Diep Project. During the >previous two years there were a clear isolation between the book and the Diep >engine. Mainly, it was quite impossible to test the engine with typical >positions where the Diep engine could react satisfactory after the Opening. A >lot of engine stuff done by Diepeveen in other areas not related to the Diep >evaluation stopped an effective and integral testing between the opening book >and the Diep engine. > >On the contrary, during 2004 I began to receive Diep engines, free of critical >crashes and Vincent Diepeveen began to work in several issues of the Diep >evaluation. Such a joined and synchronized work began to show the first >remarkable results: ICT4 and the WCCC2004 places. > >At the same time, the personal differences between my points of view and the >Diepeveen´s ones in different topics created an impassable barrier for an >effective communication. My resignation should have happened before WCCC2004. >However, I had promised Diepeveen to provide a new Book for WCC2004 so my >promise had to be completed. The book was provided and the result is there: 3rd. >Place in the WCC2004. > >Of course, the Diep Project will find a new opening book responsible during the >coming months. However, that new book responsible will have a difficult >challenge in order to understand all the complexities, problems and appropiated >openings for Diep, since it is obvious that he will have to begin with a new >complete opening repertoire and a complete new book in only a few months. > >All the help in the direction of the Diep´s Project has been unselfish and free >on my behalf. I enjoyed the investigation of new moves, looking for ideas in >hundreds of games....and reading a lot of books: My chess library already has a >good number of chess titles because of those activities. > >By the way, I will be dedicated to other activities out of the chess computer >area, because I have had enough of computer chess with the Diep Project. > >Regards, Arturo Ochoa M. Hello Arturo, You also helped me with the Terra opening book and functions. Thank you! Good luck with "the other activities"! BTW. I know what you will vote for in the the Venezuela election today. Good luck with that too! /Peter
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