( see the readme file: http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Fruit.html )It happended to be the first non-commercial engine I installed on one of my computer. As an OTB player, I only had played with my version if Fritz 8 before (Fritz was highly popular among OTB player then).
For some reason, I had to search for information about Fritz that I just bought and I ended up on a post at CCC entitled something like "A freeware at the top!" I could barely believe such a thing existed and that I never heard of. That was Fruit! 15 years already.
Free engines plays like half-gods now. Year after year, I always wonder if computer chess will lose interest and all engines games will end up draws. Not yet! I find myself very lucky to able to watch games on demand played by such great players.
