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Subject: Re: Colossus Chess - Still life in the old horse

Author: bryan whitby

Date: 06:48:42 10/21/05

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On October 21, 2005 at 09:07:37, Keith Kitson wrote:

>Wasn't Martin also the author of White Knight Mk 12 for the BBC Micro, many
>years ago?

HE CERTAINLY WAS. QUOTE FROM HIS WEB SITE.
I developed Colossus Chess in 1983 from my existing White Knight chess program.
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>On October 21, 2005 at 07:43:29, bryan whitby wrote:
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>>The other week, I had contact with Martin Bryant author of Colossus Chess.
>>Martin doesn’t live too far away from me so it was good to hear that he hasn’t
>>abandoned chess altogether.
>>He still programs in his very limited spare time and has actually got a Pocket
>>PC GUI about 80% finished plus he’s working on a UCI chess engine at the moment.
>>Martin has also returned to playing chess at his local chess club in Bury,
>>Lancashire.
>>It would be good to see a new version of Colossus again plus the added bonus of
>>a possible Pocket PC version.
>>Anyone interested in Colossus can find Martins web site at the following
>>address.
>>http://www.colossus.demon.co.uk/home.htm
>>Do have a look at Martins pictorial guide to ‘What Programming is Really Like’
>>Brilliant !!



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