Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 06:20:01 06/22/99
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On June 21, 1999 at 19:09:28, Heiko Mikala wrote: Nice pictures Heiko, note that my name is Vincent Diepeveen and not Vincent van Diepeveen >On June 21, 1999 at 14:38:17, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>In case anyone is wondering, the only changes to Ferret that I made before that >>game were opening book changes designed to maximize winning chances. >> >>I did not change the contempt factor, for two reasons: >> >>1) I have never tested with a contempt factor other than which I normally use. >> >>2) I forgot to do it. >> >>It was absolutely my intent to win that game, and I did nothing before or >>during that game that was in any way an attempt to steer the game to any other >>result. If Stefan's program had cracked, he would have gone home withone >>trophy less, you bet. >> >>Stefan and I are friends, and I'm happy that if someone other than myself had >>to win that title, that it was Stefan, and I congratulate him. However, >>anyone who thinks that I didn't want to win that game, and that I was happy >>with the result of that game, was obviously not present for my reaction >>immediately after the game, has little understanding of me, or is of a >>mentality that I don't understand and don't want to. > >Hi Bruce! > >I was there, I saw your reaction and I made a photo of it: > >http://www.online-club.de/~rp45195/wccc99/b6.jpg > >And I can assure everybody, that you were definitely *not* happy with the >result. More than that, I am absolutely sure, that of all the programmers at >Paderborn you were the one, who took this championship most seriously and who >most definitely wanted to have the title. With Stefan beeing second on this >list, I guess. > >There were some other situations, which proved how seriously you wanted to >have the title. > >For example, when, during the playoff, Stefan asked Jaap van den Herik, if he >could stop writing down the moves on the scorecard, because the speed chess >phase had begun. Immediately after Jaap saying Yes, you threw your pencil and >your block to the ground. You should have seen Jaap's face in that moment :-) > >Or, when, during your game against Fritz, Ossi Weiner wanted to make a photo >of you and asked you, if you could look into his direction, while you were >looking very concentrated on your screen. Your answer was a short, but definite >"No!". Wow. I guess, you are the only chess programmer in the whole wide world, >who could have the heart to say no at that moment to Ossi. A man, who could >make you rich, if he would offer you to market your program as part of the >MCS, in a line with Chess Genius, Shredder, Nimzo, WChess, Zarkov and MChess. > >There were more of these situations. I'm sure, that everybody who saw you at >Paderborn knows, that you really, really wanted to have that title! > > >By the way, on my homepage at http://www.online-club.de/~rp45195/wccc99/ >there are many more photos of you and of most of the other programmers. >Have a look at it, if you like. > >And, hmm, sorry, but I can't resist: If Ossi or Chessbase offer you a contract >to market your program, please don't say no. We all want to have your great >program, you know? ;-) > > >Regards, > >Heiko.
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