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Subject: Re: About the Sense -or non sense- of Stonewalling to Survive a Computer

Author: Madhavan

Date: 04:53:48 07/16/05

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On July 16, 2005 at 07:18:09, Dan Honeycutt wrote:

>On July 16, 2005 at 03:50:13, Madhavan wrote:
>
>>On July 16, 2005 at 01:20:47, Dan Honeycutt wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Fernando
>>>
>>>Up to about Sargon II, I could beat the engines.  So I played like you.  Sargon
>>>was not bad tactically, but played a pitiful endgame.  I played right into its
>>>strengths and avoided exploiting its weaknesses.
>>
>>Sargon is the old OLD DOS progam right?Is it available for download somewhere?
>
>Right.  I don't know of any place where you can download it.

Amazing!Sargon even entered the famous wikipedia reference.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargon_(chess)

http://www.pmpro.com/consumer/consumer/games/sargon.html
It costs 24$??

>>
>>>Now it's different.  If an engine somehow manages to screw up the opening bad
>>>enough to lose to me, it better never play that line again.  If it does, it is
>>>going to lose the exact same game.  I show them no mercy.
>>
>>hmmm.what rating do you estimate?
>>
>
>Who?  Me, Sargon, or some other engine that I beat once in a blue moon?

Sargon I mean,also you :)

>>>Best
>>>Dan H.



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