Author: Nathan Thom
Date: 19:06:28 02/04/06
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On February 04, 2006 at 10:15:35, Terry Giles wrote: >Hi Nathan, > >I'm sure this will be of interest to you then... > >"The weakest player ever to develop a strong chess program was Claude Jarry. >Jarry developed L'EXCENTRIQUE while an undergraduate student at McGill in the >late 1970s. L'EXCENTRIQUE's shining moment came at the 1980 World Championship >in Linz, Austria where it defeated the reigning World Champion CHESS 4.9 in the >first round. Jarry a fantastic programmer, knew so little about chess that the >only way he could tell whether L'EXCENTRIQUE was winning or losing was by >reading the score provided by the program after each move." > >'How Computers play Chess' (Newborn and Levy) > >Terry Excellent - some inspiration!
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