Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 01:58:36 03/22/99
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On March 21, 1999 at 20:40:43, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On March 21, 1999 at 20:37:49, Micheal Cummings wrote: > >> >>On March 21, 1999 at 19:06:58, Bruce Moreland wrote: >> >>> >>>On March 21, 1999 at 17:01:26, Peter McKenzie wrote: >>> >>>>"Arthur: Ravenek, Walter" >>>>"Centaur: Vikhrev, Victor" >>>>"ChessTiger: Theron, Christophe" >>>>"Cilkchess: Dailey, Don" >>>>"DarkThought: Heinz, Ernst" >>>>"Diep: Diepeveen, Vincent" >>>>"EUGEN: CASTILLO-JIMENEZ, EUGENIO" >>>>"Ferret: Moreland, Bruce" >>>>"Francesca: King, Tom" >>>>"Fritz: Morsch, Frans" >>>>"GromitChess: Schneider, Frank" >>>>"Hiarcs: Uniacke, Mark" >>>>"Ikarus: Kolss, Muntsin" >>>>"Isichess: Isenberg, Gerd" >>>>"Junior: Ban, Amir" >>>>"LambChop: McKenzie, Peter" >>>>"Neurologic: Peussner, Jochen" >>>>"Nimzo: Doninger, Chrilly" >>>>"Now: Lefler, Mark" >>>>"P.ConNors: Lorenz, Ulf" >>>>"Patzer: Roland, Pfister" >>>>"Q: Prethaler, Robert" >>>>"Rebel: Schroder, Ed" >>>>"RuyLopez: Begue-Aguado, Alvaro" >>>>"Shredder: Meyer-Kahlen, Stefan" >>>>"SOS: Huber, Rudolf" >>>>"Stobor: Kerrigan, Tom" >>>>"Virtual_Chess_X: Baudot, Marc-Francois" >>>>"Xinix: Werten, Tony" >>>>"XXXX2: Zentner, Martin" >>>>"Zugzwang: Feldmann, Rainer" >>>> >>>>Tragically, there is no crafty - I guess Bob couldn't make it? >>> >>>I know about everything on this list except for Ikarus, Q, RuyLopez, and Xinix. >>>Does anyone know about these? >>> >>>The big iron in this list is Cilkchess, P.ConNors, and Zugzwang. >>> >>>I know that at least some of the entries which have traditionally run on >>>single-processor micros will be running on multi-processor micros, but other >>>than myself I don't know for sure which ones. From talking to Vincent, it sounds like Diep will be multi-processor. I seem to remember some mention of a multi-processor Fritz, but who knows what they'll use... >>> >>>I know all the micro entries, I think. >>> >>>Notably absent are MChess, Genius, WChess, Zarkov, and Crafty. >>> >>>Notably present is Rebel. >>> >>>Longest plane trip will be LambChop :-) >>> >>>Looking forward to seeing everyone. >>> >>>bruce >> >>I am sad to see that the king engine is not there also. If Rebel can turn up I >>think the Chessmaster engine could have been played also. >> >>We would have got some idea on how it competes against the rest, King 3.0 has >>had some very impressive results and I am starting to get annoyed that it does >>not do something to show and prove its strength. The best way to get a chess >>program to sell is to prove it is better than the rest. I just wonder how many >>more of Hiarcs were sold simply because it made it to the top of the SSDF. > >I haven't seen the King engine in a computer tournament since 1995. But I I think the King played in this year's Dutch CCC. >forgot to mention another missing competitor, which is Chess System Tal. Chess Wizard, the French Champion I think, isn't there. No Deep Blue either, no great surprise IBM but disappointing all the same. > >bruce
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