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Subject: Re: ANN: Updated WWW Pages of DarkThought (with Correct Links)

Author: Chessfun

Date: 21:29:43 12/18/99

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On December 18, 1999 at 20:23:32, Ernst A. Heinz wrote:

>Dear Computer-Chess Enthusiasts,
>
>I have finally found the time to update the WWW pages of "DarkThought".
>They are located at a new URL from now on because I have moved from
>Karlsruhe (Germany) to Boston/Cambridge (USA) in October 1999. The new
>URL of the WWW pages reads
>
>http://supertech.lcs.mit.edu/~heinz/dt/.
>
>Moreover, my new email address is
>
>heinz@supertech.lcs.mit.edu
>
>or alternatively just heinz@mit.edu. Although the old WWW link at URL
>http://wwwipd.ira.uka.de/Tichy/DarkThought/ and my former email
>address heinze@ira.uka.de still ought to work, the new email address
>and URL are to be preferred.
>
>For everybody's convenience, I include the table of contents of the
>updated WWW pages below -- please enjoy!
>
>//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>
>  * Tournament History of DarkThought
>
>  * Latest Performance on Test Suites
>
>  * Ernst's New Book
>
>  * Acknowledgements
>
>  * How DarkThought Plays Chess
>    (Preprint of an article by Ernst A. Heinz in:
>     ICCA Journal, Vol. 20(3), pp. 166-176, Sept. 1997)
>
>  * Extended Futility Pruning
>    (Preprint of an article by Ernst A. Heinz in:
>     ICCA Journal, Vol. 21(2), pp. 75-83, June 1998)
>
>  * Efficient Interior-Node Recognition
>    (Preprint of an article by Ernst A. Heinz in:
>     ICCA Journal, Vol. 21(3), pp. 157-168, September 1998)
>
>  * DarkThought Goes Deep
>    (Preprint of an article by Ernst A. Heinz in:
>     ICCA Journal, Vol. 21(4), pp. 228-244, December 1998)
>
>  * DarkThought at Test Games (1998--1999)
>    (280 Games Played Overall at Tournament Time-Controls versus 20
>     Strong PC Chess Programs: Chessmaster 4000 Turbo, Comet A.86/
>     A.90, Crafty 16.4, Fritz 3.10, Fritz 5.00/5.03, Frit 5.32b,
>     Genius 3, Genius 5, Hiarcs 6, Junior 4.6, Junior 5.0, MChess 5,
>     MChess 7.1, Mephisto Meisterschach, Mephisto Shredder,
>     Nimzo 98, Nimzo 99a, Rebel 8, Rebel 9, Shredder 2)
>        Games Played by DarkThought from Nunn Position #2 (ECO B89)
>        Games Played by DarkThought from Nunn Position #3 (ECO C19)
>        Games Played by DarkThought from Nunn Position #4 (ECO C97)
>        Games Played by DarkThought from Nunn Position #5 (ECO D36)
>        Games Played by DarkThought from Nunn Position #7 (ECO E15)
>        Games Played by DarkThought from Nunn Position #8 (ECO E98)
>        Games Played by DarkThought from Nunn Position #9 (ECO A25)
>
>  * DarkThought at 9th WCCC (June 1999)
>        Final Standings of 9th WCCC
>        Games Played by DarkThought at 9th WCCC
>
>  * DarkThought at 16th WMCC (June 1999)
>        Final Standings of 16th WMCC
>        Games Played by DarkThought at 16th WMCC
>
>  * DarkThought at 1st Match vs. XXXX-II (January 1998)
>        Games Played by DarkThought at 1st Match vs. XXXX-II
>
>  * DarkThought at 15th WMCC (October 1997)
>        Final Standings of 15th WMCC
>        Games Played by DarkThought at 15th WMCC
>
>  * DarkThought at 1st Karlsruher UniSchau (June 1997)
>        Games Played by DarkThought at 1st Karlsruher UniSchau
>
>  * DarkThought at 12th AEGON Man-Machine (April 1997)
>        Games Played by DarkThought at 12th AEGON Man-Machine
>
>  * DarkThought at 14th WMCC (October 1996)
>        Final Standings of 14th WMCC
>        Games Played by DarkThought at 14th WMCC
>
>  * DarkThought at 11th AEGON Man-Machine (April 1996)
>        Games Played by DarkThought at 11th AEGON Man-Machine
>
>  * DarkThought at 13th WMCC (October 1995)
>        Final Standings of 13th WMCC
>        Games Played by DarkThought at 13th WMCC
>
>  * DarkThought at 8th WCCC (May 1995)
>        Final Standings of 8th WCCC
>        Games Played by DarkThought at 8th WCCC
>
>  * Previous Performance on Test Suites
>        Performance on Test Suites as of March 31, 1998
>        Performance on Test Suites as of October 31, 1997
>        Performance on Test Suites as of July 31, 1997
>
>  * Selected References of DarkThought
>
>  * Bibliography
>
>//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>
>=Ernst=
>
>+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
>|   Ernst A. Heinz, M.I.T. Lab for CS, NE 43-228, 545 Technology Square,   |
>|   Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  WWW: http://supertech.lcs.mit.edu/~heinz/   |
>|      Tel. / Fax: +1-617-253 8853 / 253 0415    E-Mail: heinz@mit.edu     |
>+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
>   "It has recently been found out that research causes cancer in rats!"

Nice site enjoyed looking through it !!.
Just a small note on page http://supertech.lcs.mit.edu/~heinz/dt/node64.html
it says SHREDDER became World Computer-Chess Champion 1999 by winning the
playoff against FERRET.
The playoff was tied and Shredder won on Buchholz score.
Thanks.







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