From: Chiaki Ito <shogi <at> MAIL <dot> COM>
Date: 29 jun 2002
Subject: Re: New SPEAR release

i tried it and liked it very much, especially the interface.  but two
strange things happened.  one was that i couldn't move some pieces in the
middle of game.  (maybe the program doesn't want me to move particular
moves?)  another was that when i hide the program and come back there, it
shows a completely different situation.

also, what is "nodes"?  is it a number of moves the program reads?  if it
is, that is so amazing!

chiaki

----- Original Message -----
From: "Reijer Grimbergen" <grimbergen <at> FU <dot> IS <dot> SAGA-U <dot> AC <dot> JP>
To: <SHOGI-L <at> TECHUNIX <dot> TECHNION <dot> AC <dot> IL>
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 1:45 AM
Subject: New SPEAR release


> Hi all,
>
> I have finally added a new version of my shogi program SPEAR to my
> webpages. The newly added version is the version that played in the CSA
> World Computer Shogi Championship this year. Although the results
> weren't so good, I think the program improved over last year's version.
> If you want to give the new version a try, it can be downloaded here:
>
> http://www.fu.is.saga-u.ac.jp/~grimberg/SHOGI/SPEAR/spearmain.html
>
> Note that only the engine has changed. Comments on the interface are
> still on the long To-do list.
>
> Reijer
>
> --
>
> Reijer Grimbergen
> Department of Information Science
> Saga University
> 1 Honjo-machi, Saga-shi, 840-8502 Japan
> E-mail: grimbergen <at> fu <dot> is <dot> saga-u <dot> ac <dot> jp
> URL: http://www.fu.is.saga-u.ac.jp/~grimberg/
> Tel: +81-(0)952-28-8821
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