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Subject: Re: your new UruChess web page

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 20:39:48 09/21/99

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On September 21, 1999 at 21:36:46, Nicolas Carrasco wrote:

>yes, he is the averno programer!

I think most of us will want to see your UruChess program when you get that
ready too.  I was just out at your new web page earlier today and it looks good,
a good collection of links.

Pete

>
>On September 21, 1999 at 21:15:27, Pete Galati wrote:
>
>>On September 21, 1999 at 19:58:48, José Carlos wrote:
>>
>>>On September 21, 1999 at 16:01:47, Pete Galati wrote:
>>>
>>>>On September 21, 1999 at 12:45:00, Nicolas Carrasco wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>>I want to confess you that I can`t study Crafty, because it is for very advanced
>>>>>chess programers!
>>>>
>>>>Crafty is also great for people like me who know even less probably about
>>>>programming than you do, it's very well commented (I have not looked through it
>>>>for a while though) and just about anything that you can think of, there's
>>>>examples of it in Crafty
>>>>
>>>>I'd consider Crafty a great open book full of C code, it's hard to beat, and it
>>>>plays a hell of a game of Chess too (v16.18 just smokes)
>>>>
>>>>Pete
>>>
>>>  Yes, Crafty is very well commented, but it's still too complicated to start
>>>with it. If my opinion insterest anyone, I'd recommend starting implementing the
>>>code from very general (and sometimes stupid, at least mine :)) and writing a
>>>super-simple chess program. That's the way you start understanding what's
>>>happening all along the search tree.
>>>  Next task is improve it, always from abstract ideas.
>>>  When you have enough experience, then you're ready to study other people
>>>programs.
>>>  If you don't start from the begining, it's true that you can write a strong
>>>program from other people sources, but you will not be able to improve it much,
>>>cause you won't understand the way the program works.
>>>  Just my opinion.
>>>
>>>  José C.
>>
>>Are you José C. of the Averno program?  I like Averno, it plays a good game of
>>Chess, a very good first release.  It's not very strong yet but it wins against
>>me.
>>
>>Pete
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On September 21, 1999 at 09:34:25, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On September 21, 1999 at 00:51:01, Nicolas Carrasco wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Dear guys,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I only want to thank you for helping me, I hope one day I can help other or
>>>>>>>maybe u. I also want to tell Tom Kerrigan, Bob Hyatt and all other guys that got
>>>>>>>mad with me that I am sorry.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I didn't "get mad with you".  I only pointed out that most here aren't going
>>>>>>to write code for  you when it is alread publicly available.  We help debug,
>>>>>>we try to provide new ideas and new data, etc...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>But there simply isn't time to write a lot of code on demand...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>NOTE: UruChess website will be ONLINE SOON! And it will be the first Uruguayan
>>>>>>>Chess Engine!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Thanks to all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Especially to Tom Kerrigan(for doing TSCP), Brian Richardson, Bas Hamstra, José
>>>>>>>Carlos
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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