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I am not good against computers neither against human beings.
But...I am good to get ....

Money money money regards
Fern

I do not know what do you mean with OTB player, but I suspect it is nothing very good for me. But yes, I am the more modest person of this place.

Modesty is my Pride regards
Fern

Hello everybody, just returning from my vacations in the coast of my country. There I wrote, read and played a lot of chess. Around 10 games against 10 engines or so. I got a perfect score: 10 defeats. My excuse: I used a very fast lap top, Ryzen 7 CPU, and the engines were strong enough even in his...

May I add that the word "niche" has also a Funeral meaning? I have been told that a good chunk of people here passed away -I would like to know whom- and so happens with collectors.

We are a specie in extinctions regards

Fern

I have not been capable of finding a place to download the last UCI Colossus version. The site is indicated here and there, but looks like vanished. Anyone here can send me the stuff?
I am in a Colossus spree regards
Fern

It's not a clone: it's Stockfish engine over there. They recognized it.
I do not see any sense in getting a comp that does not leave a chance not even to Carlsen.

Playing old stuff regards
Fern

On the ground of what I have read here about your computer, it would be advisable tjat your programmers let the engine to analize positions the time is due, not just to play almost instantly.

Fern

Correction: is not that bad, is awfully BAD....

(after a game where ut played every bad move possible)

Trashing S4 regards
Fern

There is a B. Oatman that plays in chess. com, but nothing else. Could be the same guy, now old as me or more.

Digging regards
Fern

There is an old history that sargon 4 was badly made, was full of bugs, etc , so sargon 5, which is pretty strong, was the due jump from the very good sargon 3. But, Is this truth for version 1.03 of sargon4? Its the one I have and does not play that bad. Yes, not like sargon 5, but not that bad eit...

There is a 1991 program, Necromancer, produced by a company called necromancer software system. The gui is like that of turbochess, very ugly. No clue about the programmer, nothing. I am curious. Someone know something? Did not find nothing in Internet.

Ferm

It is a program by Donninger made by a company called Hexaglot. It came in a CD with, well, multimedia stuff. I have the program, working, but without the Cd with the multimedia, which I would like to have by the way. The weird thing is that you do not find any info about that program and about hexa...

Yes, but lack the frills and specially the lady, her lovely voice.

Fern

If your not prepared to try and follow David's excellent instructions then why not just play Power Chess on an online emulator like this. https://www.retrogames.cz/play_435-DOS.php?language=EN This is not the power chess i am talking about. This I already have, no relation at all with Kittinger mas...

All this is like chinese for me. I wonder if you can send me a file where all that has been acomplished and i just must put the thing to run.
I know it is a lot to ask, but at my age it is a good day when I remember where the toilet is...
Fern