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Hello,

this post doesn't touch the GNU chess program directly,
but it should be interesting for this group's chess programmers:


I've uploaded a little program onto the new host of our
Internet Chess Library (formerly at valkyries-2):  chess.uoknor.edu

It may be called a chess program (like GNU chess, but weaker),
but it invites you to play against your *own* evaluation
functions.

A gnuzipped unix version can be found as

   ftp@chess.uoknor.edu:pub/chess/uploads/Unix/nessi03.tar.gz

and a self-extractable and precompiled 386er DOS version rests at:

   ftp@chess.uoknor.edu:pub/chess/uploads/DOS/nessi03.exe

Please note that you won't be able to list the files because of the
directories' flag settings, but you can download them blindfoldly.
They will be moved to their target directories during the next days.

Here's the 0-README file:


Nessi 0.3
=========

This program is intended to become a surface for studies
on neural nets in the evaluation of chess positions.

It's not finished, as you may see in some sections of
the source code.  So, naturally, do not expect it to
be bug free.  No warranty for anything.

To compile it, you'll need a C++ compiler like GNU C++.
If you have g++ within your path, you only need to say
"make".


I publish it because I would like you to send a few
evaluation functions back to me.  Please read 0-how for this.

I will run open tournaments between them, so that the smartest
chess programmer will see `his' function smashing the others...


Copyrights?  You are not allowed to set *your* copyrights onto
this code, that's all.

Please distribute it.


Best regards,
Udo Sprute  (sprute@post.uni-bielefeld.de)