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Subject: Re: Program name list

Author: Dan Newman

Date: 21:07:25 09/03/99

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On September 03, 1999 at 04:13:30, Masciulli Gianluigi wrote:

>Where I can find a comprensive list of programs so i can understand if the name
>i want for my new chess program (Golem) is been used?
>TIA
>
>gianluigi


I'm sure there must be at least several thousand people
writing (or attempting to write) chess programs around the
world, so there isn't likely any comprehensive list, and
there are more than likely a number of duplicate uses of
names...  Here are a couple of CCC posts that I saved last
year with program names:

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Subject: Re: Dann and Peter...

Posted by Dann Corbit on October 09, 1998 at 18:09:22:

In Reply to: Dann and Peter... posted by Steven Schwartz on October 09, 1998 at
15:24:10:

 Amir Ban              Junior
 Andrew Tridgell       KnightCap
 Bob Hyatt             Crafty
 Brian McKinley        WildChild
 Bruce Moreland        Ferret
 Christophe Theron     Chess Tiger
 Claudio Bollini       Genesis
 Dan Homan             EXchess
 Dan Newman            Arjuna
 David Blackman        Desperado
 Don Cross             Chenard
 Don Dailey            Clkchess
 Ed Schröder           Rebel
 Ernst A. Heinz        DarkThought
 Frank Schneider       Gromit
 Franz Morsch          Fritz
 Jörg Burwitz          Diogenes
 James Long            Tristram
 Jean-Christophe Weill Virtual Chess
 John Stanback         Zarkov
 Jon Dart              Arasan
 Lenard Spencer        Skunk
 Marc-François Baudot  Virtual Chess
 Marcel Nijman         Tjes
 Marcel van Kervinck   Rookie  (=blik)
 Martin Zentner        XXXX
 Ole Kjaer Christensen Sigma Chess
 Peter Fendrich        Terra
 Peter McKenzie        LambChop
 Remi Coulom           The Crazy Bishop
 Ren Wu                Initiative
 Roland Pfister        Patzer
 Stefan Meyer-Kahlen   Shredder
 Stuart Cracraft       Gazebo
 Sylvain Renard        Capture
 Tom King              Francesca
 Ulrich Tuerke         Comet
 Vincent Diepeveen     Diep
 Will Singleton        Amateur

Subject: Re: Authors and programs. The compiled list (a few left out)
From: Danniel Corbit
E-mail: dcorbit@solutionsiq.com
Message Number: 18654
Date: May 14, 1998 at 15:47:45
  In Reply to: Re: Authors and programs. The compiled list
  Message ID: 18640
  Posted by: Claudio Bollini
  At: bollini@cnea.edu.ar
  On: May 14, 1998 at 13:26:59

Arasan chess by Jon Dart

Chenard by Don Cross

The Clikchess team:
        Don Dailey
        Runako Godfrey
        Aske Plaat
        Charles Leiserson,
        Larry Kaufman
        Chris Joerg

The Socrates Team:
Lead Programmers
        Don Dailey
        Christopher F. Joerg
Project Team
        Robert D. Blumofe
        Matteo Frigo
        I.M. Larry Kaufman
        Dr. Bradley C. Kuszmaul
        Prof. Charles E. Leiserson (Project Leader)
        Keith Randall
        Rolf Riesen (Sandia National Labs)
        Dr. Yuli Zhou

The StarTech Massively Parallel Chess Program by Bradley C. Kuszmaul

Rule based engame solver by Herbeck Barth

AliBaba by Dennis Breuker

Cray Blitz, Crafty by Robert Hyatt

The Turk:
The students (doing all the work):
        Yngvi Bjornsson
        Andreas Junghanns
The supervisors (doing all the talk):
        Jonathan Schaeffer
        Tony Marsland

NeuroChess by Sebastian Thrun

SAL by Michael Gherrity

The Morph project headed by Robert Levinson

Notchess (?) by Dr. A. N. Walker

Xboard by Tim Mann

Brute Force by Louis Kessler

Zarkov by John Stanback

DarkThought  by Markus Gille and Ernst A. Heinz

Deep Thought by Thomas Anantharaman

Grandmaster Chess (NOW) & Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess by Mark Lefler
and Jeff Mallett

pchess by Dale Sharp

BELLE by Ken Thompson

PION by H.J. van den Herik

Echec, Cumulus, Ecume, Frenchess and Virtual Chess by Jean-Christophe
WEILL

The Crazy Bishop by Remi Coulom

EXchess by Dan Homan

KC Chess by Craig Bruce and Kevin Philips

KnightCap by Andrew Tridgell

SAN by Steven Edward

SCP by Stanbeck

SSEChess by Sam Slutzky

TSCP and Stobor by Tom Kerrigan

ZZZZZZ by Gijsbert Wiesenekker

Green Light Chess by Tim Foden

Tjes by Marcel Nijman

Tristram by James F. Long

YChess by Roman Antonczyk



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Subject: Re: Dann and Peter...

Posted by Roberto Waldteufel on October 09, 1998 at 17:21:43:

In Reply to: Dann and Peter... posted by Steven Schwartz on October 09, 1998 at
15:24:10:


On October 09, 1998 at 15:24:10, Steven Schwartz wrote:

>Some time back, you were compiling a list of CCC
>programmers and their programs with the help of
>the membership right here on the message board.
>
>If you can dig that up again and email it to Fernando
> and cc us at
>we would appreciate it.
>
>We will be adding new sections to the Resource Center
>and this info will find a home there.
>
>Thanks!!
>
>- Steve

I think the list last appeared on CCC on 9th September, posted by Blass Uri
under the title "Re:Programmers and their babies (Do you remember)".

Amir Ban                                Junior
Christian Barreteau                Anmon
Marc-Francois Baudot           Virtual Chess
Wim van Beusekom              MacChess
David Blackman                    Desperado
Claudio Bollini                        Genesis
Yngvi Bjornsson                    The Turk
Michael Borgstaedt                Goliath
Jorg Burwitz                           Diogenes
Eugenio Castillo                     Eugen
Ole Kjaer Christensen            Sigma Chess
Remi Coulom                         The Crazy Bishop
Stuart Cracraft                       Gazebo
Don Cross                             Chenard
Don Dailey                            Cilkchess, Rexchess, Socrates
Alessandro Damiani              Fortress
Vincent Diepeveen               Diep
Jon Dart                                Arasan
Peter Fendrich                      Terra
Stan Goldovski                      Wizard (suicide chess)
Ernst A Heinz                         DarkThought
Dan Homan                           EXchess
Bob Hyatt                              Crafty, Cray Blitz
Werner Inman                       Inmichess
Christine Jolly                        TechnoChess
Andreas Junghanns              The Turk
Peter McKenzie                     LambChop
Brian McKinley                       WildChild
Stefan Meyer-Kahlen              Shredder
Dan Newman                         Arjuna
Marcel van Kervinck              Rookie (=blik)
Tom King                                Francesca
James Long                            Tristram
Frederic Louguet                     Chess Wizard
Bruno Lucas                            Dragon
Bruce Moreland                       Ferret
Franz Morsch                           Fritz
Marcel Nijman                          Tjes
Roland Pfister                           Patzer
Sylvain Renard                         Capture
Joel Rivat                                 Chess Guru
Will Singleton                           Amateur
Frank Schneider                      Gromit
Ed Schroder                            Rebel
Lenard Spencer                      Skunk
John Stanback                        Zarkov
Johanes Suhardjo                   Parrot
Cristophe Theron                    Chess Tiger
Andrew Tridgel                       KnightCap
Ulrich Tuerke                         Comet
Roberto Waldteufel                Rabbit
Jean-Christophe Weill             Virtual Chess
Ren Wu                                  Initiative
Martin Zentner                        XXXX

My apologies if I misspelt anybody's name or, worse still, their program's name
- I copied this list by hand. I left out Gandalf, because I don't know who wrote
it (someone from Denmark?)

Hope this is useful for the Resource Centre.

Best wishes,
Roberto


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-Dan.



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