Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 18:53:44 10/30/99
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On October 30, 1999 at 20:44:24, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On October 30, 1999 at 18:07:46, Christophe Theron wrote: > >>On October 30, 1999 at 17:56:32, Peter Kappler wrote: >> >>>On October 30, 1999 at 14:50:16, Laurence Chen wrote: >>> >>>>On October 30, 1999 at 12:22:25, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: >>>> >>>>>For those who missed the messages, and are looking for a link, again: >>>>> >>>>>October 30 and 31 the 1999 Dutch Open Computer-Chess Championship are being >>>>>held. >>>>>Theo van der Storm maintains a page with results and PGN -files for download >>>>>at Stromy Chess Corner. >>>>> >>>>>Visit it at >>>>> >>>>>http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/thstorm/docc99.htm >>>>> >>>>>Participating chess programs from Frans Morsch, Johan de Koning, Christopher >>>>>Théron (Jeroen Noomen provides the opening book) , Frank Quisinsky, Vincent >>>>>Diepenveen, Gijsbert Wiesenecker and a lot of others. >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>Jeroen ;-} >>>>>------------------------------- >>>>>jimvandorp@wxs.nl >>>>>http://zip.to/jeroen >>>>>ICQ#45740870 >>>>>------------------------------- >>>>I'd expect Quest (Fritz dual processor) and the King to tie for first and a play >>>>off match to happen. >>>>Laurence >>> >>> >>>Does anybody know why Fritz is playing under the name "Quest"? >>> >>>--Peter >> >>Every experimental versions of Fritz have always played under this name. >> >>So: >>if you get a good result => point out that it IS Fritz! >>if you get a bad result => well... it's NOT Fritz, it's QUEST! >> >>:) >> >> >> Christophe > >In a somewhat more kindly tone, I suggest that Quest is symbolic for the quest >of the author to improve their program. Christophe's comment could apply to any >name, but "Quest" seems to have more meaning. > >Dave There may be another reason as well. At all ACM and ICCA WCCC events, it was strictly forbidden to enter a 'commercial program'. Many used to add the word -experimental to the end of the normal name to handle this. The intent was to prevent the commercialization of the ICCA sanctioned events.
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