Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 14:00:19 06/21/99
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On June 21, 1999 at 14:31:08, Bruce Moreland wrote: >Chessbase sponsored a prize for the highest finishing "hobby" program at the >WCCC. There was a list of programs that were eligible for this prize, some of >you may have noticed that my program was on the list, but was not awarded the >prize, even though it was the highest finishing program on the list. I wasn't even aware that there was a "hobby" prize! What did ChessBase give as a prize? And congrats, Peter McKenzie :-). >I want to make absolutely certain that people know why this is. I had myself >removed from the list because I don't regard that my level of involvement in >computer chess could be considered to be in the "hobby" category. > >I think that a hobby programmer is someone who works on their program after >work, but I am someone who works on mine instead of work. Is Hiarcs a hobby program? Was it on the list? AFAI understand, Mark Uniacke does have a day job, so to speak. But I heard this a while ago, it may have changed. >I would have felt wrong to take that award given these circumstances. > >This decision was even easier given that the highest finishing program that >remains on that list was LambChop. Anyone can see that LambChop is clearly a >hobby program, it had a great tournament, and seems to be improving rapidly. I >hope that receiving this award will provide encouragement to Peter McKenzie to >continue working on it. > >Thanks, > >bruce Thank you for your kind gesture, Bruce. Dave
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