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Leo Dijksman (WBEC) deceased
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 1:51 pm
by hgm
I just read a very sad message on
WinBoard forum, and I did not notice it was mentioned here. (Sorry if I somehow missed it.)
Leo Dijksman, former organizer of one of the highest quality engine competitions ever for many years, (WBEC Ridderkerk, or "WinBoard Engine Competition"), has finally succumbed to the terminal disease he was suffering from these past years.
Re: Leo Dijksman (WBEC) deceased
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 2:31 pm
by Sylwy
hgm wrote:I just read a very sad message on
WinBoard forum, and I did not notice it was mentioned here. (Sorry if I somehow missed it.)
Leo Dijksman, former organizer of one of the highest quality engine competitions ever for many years, (WBEC Ridderkerk, or "WinBoard Engine Competition"), has finally succumbed to the terminal disease he was suffering from these past years.
Sad news ! RIP !
SilvianR
NR: here was - for years - a nice place in computer chess:
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/
Re: Leo Dijksman (WBEC) deceased
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 2:50 pm
by Ferdy
hgm wrote:I just read a very sad message on
WinBoard forum, and I did not notice it was mentioned here. (Sorry if I somehow missed it.)
Leo Dijksman, former organizer of one of the highest quality engine competitions ever for many years, (WBEC Ridderkerk, or "WinBoard Engine Competition"), has finally succumbed to the terminal disease he was suffering from these past years.
Good man, he takes care of the young Deuterium then.
Rest in peace my friend, regards to his family.
Re: Leo Dijksman (WBEC) deceased
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 3:38 pm
by skoony
since the late nineties Leo's site has been one of the first and best i looked for when bringing a new computer on line. his site along with talkchess and winboard forum are the top three when it comes to computer chess bar none.
RIP
mike
Re: Leo Dijksman (WBEC) deceased
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 4:25 pm
by Matthias Gemuh
He was a truly great man. May his soul RIP.
Re: Leo Dijksman (WBEC) deceased
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:24 pm
by michiguel
hgm wrote:I just read a very sad message on
WinBoard forum, and I did not notice it was mentioned here. (Sorry if I somehow missed it.)
Leo Dijksman, former organizer of one of the highest quality engine competitions ever for many years, (WBEC Ridderkerk, or "WinBoard Engine Competition"), has finally succumbed to the terminal disease he was suffering from these past years.
Re: Leo Dijksman (WBEC) deceased
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:43 pm
by Norm Pollock
Sad news. Condolences to his family. Leo was a great contributor to computer chess. I would check his tournament page and his updates page almost every day. Unfortunately he stopped running the tournaments after many years. Probably due to a combination of bad health and all the noise about clones and partial clones. RIP.
Re: Leo Dijksman (WBEC) deceased
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 6:03 pm
by Graham Banks
SzG wrote:Sad news. His site used to be my start page when accessing the internet. Computer chess has a lot to thank him. A great loss.
Rest in peace, Leo.
Likewise. Very sad news.
Re: Leo Dijksman (WBEC) deceased
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 6:07 pm
by mar
Farewell Leo
Re: Leo Dijksman (WBEC) deceased
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 6:14 pm
by Dayffd
hgm wrote:I just read a very sad message on
WinBoard forum, and I did not notice it was mentioned here. (Sorry if I somehow missed it.)
Leo Dijksman, former organizer of one of the highest quality engine competitions ever for many years, (WBEC Ridderkerk, or "WinBoard Engine Competition"), has finally succumbed to the terminal disease he was suffering from these past years.
Very sad news. R.I.P.