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[Steve B]

Hi Alain,

Well done! Mark is away today but I am sure will have a look through your entry very soon! Look forward to seeing your game v the 83 version.

Best Wishes,

Harvey

so you see this Harvey
it looks like a DEDICATED chess computer COLLECTOR will win these prizes
of course if Alain completes both conversions you must FORCE FEED him the Citrine even against his will

Intravenous Citrine Feeding Regards
Steve

[Harvey Williamson]

Hi Alain,

Well done! Mark is away today but I am sure will have a look through your entry very soon! Look forward to seeing your game v the 83 version.

Best Wishes,

Harvey

so you see this Harvey
it looks like a DEDICATED chess computer COLLECTOR will win these prizes
of course if Alain completes both conversions you must FORCE FEED him the Citrine even against his will

Intravenous Citrine Feeding Regards
Steve

Could it be because dedicated collectors are older and have heard of basic!?

I will enjoy the force feeding regards,

Harvey

[Nick C]

Harvey can you ask Mark if this is a bug (feature?) in one of the lines of Hiarcs 0.3 please? Line 4443 on H03list3.jpg says:

4443 IF I9<1 OR I9>8 OR J9<1 OR J9>8 THEN 4410

Should it be:

4443 IF I9<1 OR I9>8 OR J9<1 OR J9>8 GOTO 4410

instead? I'm not sure the condition is ever reached (some kind of bounds check). Also I am not sure if "THEN 4410" is the same as "GOTO 4410" in the basic language.

I'll try both versions, should I ever get around to finishing it.

[Harvey Williamson]

Harvey can you ask Mark if this is a bug (feature?) in one of the lines of Hiarcs 0.3 please? Line 4443 on H03list3.jpg says:

4443 IF I9<1 OR I9>8 OR J9<1 OR J9>8 THEN 4410

Should it be:

4443 IF I9<1 OR I9>8 OR J9<1 OR J9>8 GOTO 4410

instead? I'm not sure the condition is ever reached (some kind of bounds check). Also I am not sure if "THEN 4410" is the same as "GOTO 4410" in the basic language.

I'll try both versions, should I ever get around to finishing it.

then 4410 and goto 4410 is the same

Good Luck,

Harvey

[Alainza]

Now a small game against the 0.5 version :

HIARCS 0.5 CHESS PROGRAM WRITTEN BY MARK UNIACKE
DO YOU NEED INSTRUCTIONS ? NO
YOUR NAME ? ALAIN
COLOR (W/B) ? B
LEVEL (1-3) ? 1
YOUR MOVE ? E2E4
HIARCS MOVE IS G8 - F6
YOUR MOVE ? E4E5
HIARCS MOVE IS F6 - E4
YOUR MOVE ? D2D4
HIARCS MOVE IS F7 - F5
YOUR MOVE ? F2F3
HIARCS MOVE IS B8 - C6
YOUR MOVE ? F3E4
HIARCS MOVE IS F5 - E4
YOUR MOVE ? B1C3
HIARCS MOVE IS D7 - D5
YOUR MOVE ? F1G5
ILLEGAL MOVE
YOUR MOVE ? C1G5
HIARCS MOVE IS C8 - E6
YOUR MOVE ? F1B5
HIARCS MOVE IS H7 - H6
YOUR MOVE ? G5H4
HIARCS MOVE IS E4 - E3
YOUR MOVE ? D1D3
HIARCS MOVE IS E3 - E2
YOUR MOVE ? G1E2
HIARCS MOVE IS E6 - G4
YOUR MOVE ? D3G6
HIARCS MOVE IS E8 - D7
YOUR MOVE ? G6G4
HIARCS MOVE IS D7 - E8
YOUR MOVE ? E5E6
HIARCS MOVE IS D8 - D6
YOUR MOVE ? H4G3
HIARCS MOVE IS D6 - D8
YOUR MOVE ? G4G6
DO YOU WANT A DRAW ? NO
I LOSE
DO YOU WANT TO SAVE THE GAME POSITION ?

Best regards,
Alain

[Harvey Williamson]

Now a small game against the 0.5 version :

HIARCS 0.5 CHESS PROGRAM WRITTEN BY MARK UNIACKE
DO YOU NEED INSTRUCTIONS ? NO
YOUR NAME ? ALAIN
COLOR (W/B) ? B
LEVEL (1-3) ? 1
YOUR MOVE ? E2E4
HIARCS MOVE IS G8 - F6
YOUR MOVE ? E4E5
HIARCS MOVE IS F6 - E4
YOUR MOVE ? D2D4
HIARCS MOVE IS F7 - F5
YOUR MOVE ? F2F3
HIARCS MOVE IS B8 - C6
YOUR MOVE ? F3E4
HIARCS MOVE IS F5 - E4
YOUR MOVE ? B1C3
HIARCS MOVE IS D7 - D5
YOUR MOVE ? F1G5
ILLEGAL MOVE
YOUR MOVE ? C1G5
HIARCS MOVE IS C8 - E6
YOUR MOVE ? F1B5
HIARCS MOVE IS H7 - H6
YOUR MOVE ? G5H4
HIARCS MOVE IS E4 - E3
YOUR MOVE ? D1D3
HIARCS MOVE IS E3 - E2
YOUR MOVE ? G1E2
HIARCS MOVE IS E6 - G4
YOUR MOVE ? D3G6
HIARCS MOVE IS E8 - D7
YOUR MOVE ? G6G4
HIARCS MOVE IS D7 - E8
YOUR MOVE ? E5E6
HIARCS MOVE IS D8 - D6
YOUR MOVE ? H4G3
HIARCS MOVE IS D6 - D8
YOUR MOVE ? G4G6
DO YOU WANT A DRAW ? NO
I LOSE
DO YOU WANT TO SAVE THE GAME POSITION ?

Best regards,
Alain

[Steve B]

Now a small game against the 0.5 version :

HIARCS 0.5 CHESS PROGRAM WRITTEN BY MARK UNIACKE
DO YOU NEED INSTRUCTIONS ? NO
YOUR NAME ? ALAIN
COLOR (W/B) ? B
LEVEL (1-3) ? 1
YOUR MOVE ? E2E4
HIARCS MOVE IS G8 - F6
YOUR MOVE ? E4E5
HIARCS MOVE IS F6 - E4
YOUR MOVE ? D2D4
HIARCS MOVE IS F7 - F5
YOUR MOVE ? F2F3
HIARCS MOVE IS B8 - C6
YOUR MOVE ? F3E4
HIARCS MOVE IS F5 - E4
YOUR MOVE ? B1C3
HIARCS MOVE IS D7 - D5
YOUR MOVE ? F1G5
ILLEGAL MOVE
YOUR MOVE ? C1G5
HIARCS MOVE IS C8 - E6
YOUR MOVE ? F1B5
HIARCS MOVE IS H7 - H6
YOUR MOVE ? G5H4
HIARCS MOVE IS E4 - E3
YOUR MOVE ? D1D3
HIARCS MOVE IS E3 - E2
YOUR MOVE ? G1E2
HIARCS MOVE IS E6 - G4
YOUR MOVE ? D3G6
HIARCS MOVE IS E8 - D7
YOUR MOVE ? G6G4
HIARCS MOVE IS D7 - E8
YOUR MOVE ? E5E6
HIARCS MOVE IS D8 - D6
YOUR MOVE ? H4G3
HIARCS MOVE IS D6 - D8
YOUR MOVE ? G4G6
DO YOU WANT A DRAW ? NO
I LOSE
DO YOU WANT TO SAVE THE GAME POSITION ?

Best regards,
Alain

hi Harvey
i have sent you a PM regarding this

Best
Steve

[Harvey Williamson]

Now a small game against the 0.5 version :

HIARCS 0.5 CHESS PROGRAM WRITTEN BY MARK UNIACKE
DO YOU NEED INSTRUCTIONS ? NO
YOUR NAME ? ALAIN
COLOR (W/B) ? B
LEVEL (1-3) ? 1
YOUR MOVE ? E2E4
HIARCS MOVE IS G8 - F6
YOUR MOVE ? E4E5
HIARCS MOVE IS F6 - E4
YOUR MOVE ? D2D4
HIARCS MOVE IS F7 - F5
YOUR MOVE ? F2F3
HIARCS MOVE IS B8 - C6
YOUR MOVE ? F3E4
HIARCS MOVE IS F5 - E4
YOUR MOVE ? B1C3
HIARCS MOVE IS D7 - D5
YOUR MOVE ? F1G5
ILLEGAL MOVE
YOUR MOVE ? C1G5
HIARCS MOVE IS C8 - E6
YOUR MOVE ? F1B5
HIARCS MOVE IS H7 - H6
YOUR MOVE ? G5H4
HIARCS MOVE IS E4 - E3
YOUR MOVE ? D1D3
HIARCS MOVE IS E3 - E2
YOUR MOVE ? G1E2
HIARCS MOVE IS E6 - G4
YOUR MOVE ? D3G6
HIARCS MOVE IS E8 - D7
YOUR MOVE ? G6G4
HIARCS MOVE IS D7 - E8
YOUR MOVE ? E5E6
HIARCS MOVE IS D8 - D6
YOUR MOVE ? H4G3
HIARCS MOVE IS D6 - D8
YOUR MOVE ? G4G6
DO YOU WANT A DRAW ? NO
I LOSE
DO YOU WANT TO SAVE THE GAME POSITION ?

Best regards,
Alain

hi Harvey
i have sent you a PM regarding this

Best
Steve

Hi Steve,

I can confirm Alain has won the prize for the 81 version and is very close to doing the double and being the proud new owner of the citrine!

One very clever person supplied a working version of the 81 code running and re-written in C!

Please keep entries coming - it is very interesting to see these programs working again after 25 years.

Harvey

[Steve B]

hi Harvey

has there been a declared winner yet of the contests?
i dont see any announcements here but perhaps i am missing the thread or posts??

Squinting Regards
Steve

[Harvey Williamson]

Hi Steve,

Alain is the formal winner of challenge 1. He is very close to being declared the winner of challenge 2 and then a brand new Citrine.

Will announce here as soon as the jury confirm regards!

Harvey