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Hi Larry, thanks for Komodo 14.1. Note: Dragon by Bruno LUCAS (France) was in the past a partner program from Arena Chess GUI. At this time I had many contacts to french programmers and Bruno is really a very nice guy. Dragon by Bruno is a very positional program with around 2350 Elo. Last availabl...

Alright, I see the thread is still here and so I take the liberty to write something that hopefully makes (some) sense. The CTF forum was founded a couple of months before the 9/11 attacks in 2001 and because of that immediately was flooded after the terrorists flew two planes in the twin towers, e...

1. CTF should continue as it is now.

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The new Exynos 9820 Galaxy S10 now showcases a large performance upgrade compared to last year’s Exynos 9810 units. The new chip’s figures are good and better than the Snapdragon 845, however aren’t able to match either the Snapdragon 855 nor the HiSilicon Kirin 980 – the latter two both based on Ar...

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Tue Oct 16, 2018 3:08 am

What got you into computer chess? Battle Chess, a love of programming, and no chess set.

The ability of computers to outperform humans!

Many mobile phones with glass backside do not have QI . The z2 force has a plastic screen. Indeed. That helps it to survive when it falls down. And backside is Metall. I will not buy z3 because it is glass on both sides. If you are afraid to scratch the screen, put a shield on it out of glass or pl...

What do you think about engine's style? Apparently computer chess enthusiasts can be separated into three groups: 1. The largest group measures success on "elo" points. New programmers are introduced to this concept and dedicate their time to improving their engine's performance. By far, the larges...

With Robert Hyatt, H.G.Muller and Harvey Williamson ruling Talkchess, it's perhaps proof of the failure of democracy... Do you have any complaints about how this website is moderated? If so, feel free to share them, I am quite flexible, and Ceasar is happy if the people are happy. In particular, ar...

Official release version of Stockfish 9 !! latest version !! http://abrok.eu/stockfish/ Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs Windows x64 for modern computers Windows x64 Windows 32 Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs Linux x64 for modern computers Linux x64 Author: mstembera Date: Wed Jan 31 11:41:09 2018 +0100 Tim...

I have a question for you Henk. My mother always claimed that she was Pennsylvania Dutch. Her last name is/was Conrad. So in your opinion was she Dutch or was she German? Or not enough information? Don't understand link between Pennsylvania and the Dutch. Conrad does not sound like a Dutch name. Co...