After hundreds of on-line games, including a 48 game Superfinal head to head match, the latest development version of Komodo, has won the nTEC Chess Tournament :!:

The tournament started with 36 top chess programs, and over four stages, only the top tier of the previous stage, advanced to the next ...

The "Super Final" on-line match between Komodo and Stockfish, is about to begin.

Congratulations to Martin, and all the crew that have worked hard to make it the best automated and on-line chess program tournament, I've ever seen. The list of features just goes on and on.

If you haven't been ...

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Don, his family, and his friends, as they struggle through this time.

I don't think it's so bad. Lance was a product of his time. I remember one Tour de France racer being interviewed. He wasn't a contender for the lead - middle of the peloton type. The interviewer asked him how he was doing, and did he think he would be able to move up into the lead group with the ...

[Event "The A.R.B Chess System - Main Line 18 Moves"]
[Date "2013.08.24"]
[Origin "Great Britain"]
[White "Computer ?"]
[Black "Computer-?"]
[Opening "The A.R.B Chess System"]
[Time "15 Seconds Each Per Move"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O b6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 ...

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Don looks like he's struggling through a complex ending.

The header file list is a very weak supporter of his assertion - but the rest of the code he posted in his assertion that NGplay_61 has code from TSCP, is quite compelling. Leaves no doubt in my mind that it drew heavily from TSCP, at some time.

Take an example:

You take a mid-close-up picture of a woman's face and torso. You're not the first person to take such a picture, but it's hardly a unique concept either. No plagerism, even though you might have gotten the idea for the picture, from seeing a famous picture in art history. No ...

I'm seeking info on running a ponder on tournament with Arena, on two PC's, with Arena on a third PC. Before I get started with this venture, I thought I'd better learn what the experts thought, and what general CC fans would like to have in such a tournament.

I'd like to include a division for ...

Frankly, speculation on these things is just gossip.

Reminds me of a Senator (a former Marine no less) crying as he gave a speech in the Senate, about the "murdering marines" in an Iraqi "massacre". Of course, several other national political leaders have to chime in with their condemnation, as ...