Author: Mike Hood
Date: 19:18:16 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?
Nobody has answered my question, so I interpret the answer as negative. The
Chessbase native engine List 5.12 has never been sold, never been packaged with
other products, and never been offered free. If this is the case, why does the
German magazine CSS ("Computer, Schach und Spiele") continue to test it instead
of testing the UCI version? What point is there in testing an engine of which
there are presumably only two copies in existence? (Fritz Reul's copy and the
CSS copy)
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