Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 09:15:31 06/25/99
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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 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.
>
>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
This is a nice move from you, Bruce. But did you get some other prize?
BTW I don't understand why DarkThought and Chess Tiger were not on the list of
"hobby programs".
Anyway...
Christophe
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