Author: Claudio Bollini
Date: 06:41:55 09/03/98
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On September 01, 1998 at 10:01:12, Michael Borgstaedt (GOLIATH CHESS) wrote: >Little (Light) Goliath is now available from > > ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/PROG/ > >Archive: GOLIATH.ZIP (about 3.2 MB) I had been very interested in Mr.Borgstaedt announce of his new-brand program, and noticed about latter problems with Goliath distribution. So, I immediately downloaded goliath.zip = "little (light) Goliath", and looked around. Putting aside the light version itself, much weaker than the complete version according the "readme.txt", what really shocked me was Mr. Borgstaedt's claims in the same file. After giving his version about what happened with Goliath prog, and the withdraw of his windows programmer, he dares to state that: "The engine of GOLIATH CHESS is (perhaps) the strongest available", and that he expects "that the program will immediately top the swedish rating list" (!!!) But since "a windows interface is lacking", he urgently needs a windows programmer to release the comercial version. "Releasing the engine (commercially) is impossible without a nice interface. Besides, large and complex database functions belongs to the engine and are ready to use" (...) Sure? I have my doubts... If it is true that he owns the *strongest* engine available, why not to release a comercial version with a modest interface like Dave Kittinger with his Wchess, 4 years ago? If the engine is that worthy it will have a great comercial success, without any "nice interface". Anyway, what do he use to test his engine and build his risky asertions? There must be some operable interface. Please, Mr. Borgstaedt: release it, and if the reviews confirm its hyper-strenght, people surely will buy it for 120 bucks or more. Thank you, Claudio Bollini bollini@cnea.edu.ar
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