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Subject: Re: List 5.12 -- the phantom Chessbase engine

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 10:50:09 09/21/04

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On September 20, 2004 at 21:28:39, Mike Hood wrote:

>Check the CSS-rating list at http://www.computerschach.de/rangliste/ for chess
>engines running under the Fritz interface. In eighth place you'll find List
>5.12, a Chessbase native engine. It's NOT the UCI engine with the same version
>number, it's the Chessbase engine that received notoriety due to its
>disqualification from the computer chess championship in November 2003.
>
>I've already written to Chessbase asking for the engine, and I was told that I
>should write to the author, because Chessbase did not develop the engine.
>(Strange, because Chessbase's site offers List 5.04 for free download). I wrote
>to Mr. Reul and received no reply, maybe because he's still annoyed about the
>disqualification.
>
>So, my question is: does anybody apart from CSS possess this engine? Has it ever
>been sold, included with other products, or given away free of charge?

Did you look here:
http://www.zipproth.com/chess/



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