Author: Pete Galati
Date: 12:29:00 12/04/99
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On December 04, 1999 at 15:07:14, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On December 04, 1999 at 13:52:25, leonid wrote: > >>On December 04, 1999 at 10:33:29, William Bryant wrote: >> >>>On December 04, 1999 at 10:08:58, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On December 04, 1999 at 08:58:35, leonid wrote: >>>> >>>>>Hello! >>>>> >>>>>Please, say in general, what old or new chess projects we have in the States. >>>>> >>>>>I have the impression that my knowlege about States is pretty limited. I bought >>>>>only one good chess game done in the States. I know more about chess games done >>>>>in Holland, Germany and France. America make me think only about Crafty and Deep >>>>>Blue. Crafty as the most prominent, opened project where you can even see its >>>>>author in person. Deep Blue as distant, melt from gold solid idol. Good spot for >>>>>recreation and esthetics but something that was not invented for the practical >>>>>use. Please, make my picture as much complet and correct as you can. >>>>> >>>>>If somewhere beyond the States you know some lonely place where we have some >>>>>interesting chess development, please mention it as well. All kind of surpises >>>>>are possible. I remember that until now I was able to buy only one book printed >>>>>in Australia by Barry Kauler. It explain how to write programs on Assembler for >>>>>Windows. This miracle appearance is unique and was never repeated in any part of >>>>>the world. >>>>> >>>>>Leonid. >>>> >>>> >>>>mchess pro >>>> >>>>Ferret (Moreland) >>>> >>>>Zarkov (Stanback) >>>> >>>>Now (although I no longer know where Mark is and what he is doing) >>>> >>>>Crafty (of course) >>>> >>>>gnuchess (Cracraft + committee... ) >>>> >>>>cilkchess (Daily) >>>> >>>>NuChess (slate) >>>> >>>>Lachex (Wendroff) >>>> >>>>Wchess (Kittinger) >>>> >>>>Spector (Edwards) >>>> >>>>Stobor (Kerrigan) >>>> >>>>There are probably at least a few more that I missed, I am at home, my files >>>>are at the office. >>> >>>Then there are the amature programs in development including (but not limited >>>to): >>> >>>Screamer (my Mac base program) >>>Amature (Singleton) >>>Insominac (Robinson) >>> >>>These are the ones that come to mind ... there are many others. >>> >>>William >>>wbryant@ix.netcom.com >> >>I recognized just two more that I used and bought in the past: Mchess and >>Wchess. Wchess I remember well because it was useful at the time when I bought >>it and by the fact that it was written by ex programmer from NASA. >> >>Leonid. > > >Not sure what you mean by "ex programmer from NASA". I am not aware of Dave >ever working for NASA. He's been 'chessing' as long as I can remember, while >also (for a good while) working in Alaska. He is now in Mobile, Alabama... Where did X-Board originate? Was that in the states or over on the other side of the pond? I know that's not a Chess program itself, but it's a major part of many programs. I think maybe Tim's down in one of those hurricain regions of the states, could be wrong though. Pete
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