Author: Howard Exner
Date: 12:33:25 01/03/00
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On January 03, 2000 at 08:25:53, Torstein Hall wrote: >On January 03, 2000 at 03:41:36, Michael Cummings wrote: > >>On January 03, 2000 at 03:15:29, Ed Schröder wrote: >> >>>Bottom line: This Christophe is quite a guy. Coming from nowhere his >>>program enters the list on no.1. When was the last time you did see >>>such an event to happen? >> >>Do you not remember CM6K. Chess Tiger already proved strong in other games >>played for a while now before it made its debute on the SSDF >> >>I think CM6K made the biggest surprise when it topped the SSDF, and if you look >>at the 200MMX machines still remains No1. >> >>CM6K is the true KING > >Johann Koenig ( I hope I got the name right! ) and the King was pretty well >known as programmer and to be a strong program when tested on SSDF. Your interpretation of Ed's statement,"Coming from nowhere his program enters the list on no.1. When was the last time you did see such an event to happen?", is similar to mine. de Koenig has always been in the loop, going way back to his chessmachine (he and Ed's chessmachine were always near or at the top of SSDF in the past). Turning back the clock there was a commercial dynasty of Lang, Schroder, Hirsch and de Konig. All the big guns of today appeared to claw themselves up the latter, Theron being the exception. Given the many smart programmers here at this message board, others will emerge in time. Re-reading my post I used, "claw themselves up the ladder, Theron being the exception". I hope I don't get pounced on by the masses with, "Howard said Tiger doesn't have claws!" :) > >So perhaps the King is still king, but Chess Tiger was a much bigger supprise >for most of us! > >Torstein
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