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Subject: Re: 1999 Dutch Open Computer-Chess Championship

Author: walter irvin

Date: 17:16:24 11/01/99

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On November 01, 1999 at 11:52:58, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On November 01, 1999 at 10:56:47, Heiko Mikala wrote:
>
>>Hi Bob!
>>
>>On October 31, 1999 at 17:27:14, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On October 31, 1999 at 14:09:58, Bert Seifriz wrote:
>>>
>>>>The participating CHESSICA is also FRITZ.
>>>
>>>
>>>How do you guys get to enter two copies of one program into the event, while
>>>no one else can?
>>
>>Just to correct one thing:
>>
>>Bert is not a member of Chessbase. Instead he is the owner of Gambit Soft, a
>>computer-chess store in Germany.
>>
>>Maybe I misunderstood you, but "you guys" sounded as if you thought he was an
>>employee of Chessbase.
>>
>>
>>By the way, Chessica was entered by the organizators, not Chessbase, so I guess
>>you can't even complain to Chessbase. And I'm not so sure, if Frans is really
>>happy about this? Anyway, Chessica is a very old program, the engine must be
>>something like Fritz 3 or so. But yes, I agree, entering Chessica was maybe not
>>the best decision ever made...
>>
>>Greetings,
>>
>>Heiko.
>
>
>Sorry...  I wasn't talking to "Bert".  I was talking to "fritz".  Or maybe
>Friedel?  I don't know.  The question still stands, IMHO.  I was strongly
>opposed to having two crafty's in the 1996 WMCCC in Jakarta.  I am just as
>strongly opposed to having two of anything else in a computer chess event.

you are right it is crazy . why not just put 15 or 16 crafty and clones . with
sheer numbers crafty would win .



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