Chess Forum / Computer / September 2007

I just wonder if for DFS (Depth Fist Search), we don't really need an
array to act as a Stack (LIFO), but we can just use recursion.
Is it true that the main concern is stack overflow?  (if too deep
level).  If we use the array as a stack, then the overflow problem is

I released a new version of Scid for Pocket PC at
http://prolinux.free.fr/scid/PPC.html
Six engines are now included : Toga 1.2.1 and Toga 1.3.4, Fruit,
GambitFruit, Glaurung and Viper. Tournaments can be played between these

Dr. Phil:
Dutch GM Tim Krabbe compïled website with
"110 MOST FANTASTIC CHESS MOVES EVER"
We did computerevaluations of all of them.

Do you think Rybka will win ?
Have you heard of Zappa ?  Have any info on it ?  Thanks

A newbie to chessworld.net,  I'm playing my first game. Just when it was out
of the opening and starting to get interesting, I find the "board" page wont
open so I cant send my replying move. Their FAQ has not helped. Anyone got a
solution? Thanks in anticipation

I have a work colleage who wants to buy a Chess Computer. I have told
to him to buy a Chess Software for PC, but he told me that he wants a
real board to play. He has no ELO or ratings, and he is a novice
player who only wants to enjoy the game. His only concern is that its

All:
Dutch GM Tim Krabbe has compiled his "110 best chess moves ever".
I computerevaluated them.
Most of them are spotted by machines immediately.

I have a Fidelity Chess Challenger electronic game (bought it new many
moons ago) and am looking for a copy of the instruction manual for it.
Anyone know where I can get a copy from?
TIA.

help bot wrote:

Are there any competing products on, or perhaps coming to, the market that
might drive down the price of the DGT board?

Anyone know of a handle on ICC that cheats more than 'arjunshah' ? He
has 21 stored games where he disconnected. Just done it to me when he
was a minor piece down.
I think ICC should implement something where after say 8 disconnections

There has been previous discussion of positions where different
engines give radically different results. I stumbled upon the
following position playing against Shredder10. And the post game
analysis was bizarre. I have never seen such huge values for the fail

How do I enter text above (or below) a diagram I plan to print.  My text
would be short, on the order of "Beware the Pin."  I know I used to do this,
but not having used the program in a long while, I've forgotten how.  The
booklet is useless as far as I can tell.

I just upgraded my CPU to a Core2 Duo Q6600 (quad 2.4GHz).  I am not
overclocking [yet] or doing anything fancy.  If I try and run analysis using
the latest Rybka (2.3.2a? ... I am not local to the machine to verify at the
moment) the Fritz UI will go "not responding" in pretty ...

Please help.
I cannot access the endgame database when playing 4 or 5 piece
endings.
The manual refers to the tablebase on the CD and advises to 'copy the