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dj@delorie.com (DJ Delorie) writes: 
> 
> GNU Chess, according to its own docs, plays at about 2350-2400 USCF on
> a Sparc 1.  Faster CPUs, obviously, give it a higher rating.
> 

A correction to Delorie's note...

GNU Chess was initiated by me back in the mid-1980's, the goal
being to promulgate chess code so that the wheel didn't have to
be reinvented by every young person with a technical interest in 
programming computer chess.

In conjunction with Richard Stallman back in the mid 1980's, I placed
it under the GNU umbrella and the various protective laws provided by
the FSF) and it became the mascot of the GNU project, a kind of public
chess bulldog (call it a watchdog if you like.)

Within about a year, John Stanback of Hewlett-Packard joined the
project and contributed his own code which was laboriously and
meticulously well-written.

Since then, a virtual rogue's gallery of wizards have contributed to
its progress helping it to become a fairly decent chess opponent.

Nevertheless, I've changed the documentation for the next release to
not be so bloated in its claim of strength since the field is replete
with this kind of exaggeration.

--Stuart