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Strange indeed. Maybe they took the money and ran.El Gringo wrote:Hi All,
www.tobychess.com seems to be gone from earth ?!?
i've got this message :
This Account Has Been Suspended
Please contact the billing/support department as soon as possible.
Thank You
InVision Support
very weird....
maybe they got to many orders from Robbo-fans ???
Best
Johan
Q: Ok so you hired "several programmers" who are anonymous for now, and in the past month they were able to produce a chess engine (single cpu) that has a higher elo than Rybka multi-cpu?
A: Yes. I just got an update from them to test that plays more positionally and it is beating Robbolito 2-4-0 as we speak (1m1s time controls). Our rating is +60-90 vs Ryka 3 on one cpu each. On monday I will receive another... Continue reading
Jan 07, 2010
Q: Hello, You mention a pgn file of games on your main website. I cannot find it there. Could you provide me with the link please. Thx
A: I can send the games if you e-mail me at tim@tobychess.com. My web guy has not gotten to it yet. Toby
Jan 07, 2010
Q: You mention a collection of games done by the chess engine stored as pgn which can be found on your website. Sorry, but I can't find them on your site, can you help me out ?! Where can I find them ? Greetings, Thomas
A: My web guy has not gotten to it yet. I will send the games if you e-mail me at tim@tobychess.com. Enjoy, Toby
Jan 07, 2010
Q: can you tell me about the engine toby tal: who wrote this engine ? you claim it would beat rybka3. which hardware and time control you used ? i would like to buy but first need to know a little about it. i have robbolito... Continue reading
A: The programmers are a secret for several reasons. I am the one who hired them. The games I can send you were run on a AMD machine at 1m, 5m, and 1 hour times. Intel results by others were better. We optomized it vs Robbolito... Continue reading
Jan 07, 2010
Here's the complete text:Eelco de Groot wrote:They sold two copies so far via Ebay, same number as yesterday. Likely Vas would want one, maybe he is one of the clients?
This is on their E-Bay page. I am not registered so can't read the full answers. But apparently there are several programmers that have to remain anonymous "for various reasons" and they were hired by Mr. Tobiason.
Question & Answer
Q: Ok so you hired "several programmers" who are anonymous for now, and in the past month they were able to produce a chess engine (single cpu) that has a higher elo than Rybka multi-cpu?
A: Yes. I just got an update from them to test that plays more positionally and it is beating Robbolito 2-4-0 as we speak (1m1s time controls). Our rating is +60-90 vs Ryka 3 on one cpu each. On monday I will receive another test version with new endgame capabilities. If it is a big boost we will put that one out with our winxp update. A manhatten project physicist who played chess with Openheimer, Fermi, etc actually helped me pay for the engine development and he doesnt even own a oomputer. His name is Dan Mayer. He is 89 years old, plays master level chess and has quite a story himself. The actual program took about 9 weeks to write, is about 120K in size making it 1/20th the size of Rybka and uses many new ideas. Over time we may reveal more. Toby
Q: Hello, You mention a pgn file of games on your main website. I cannot find it there. Could you provide me with the link please. Thx
A: I can send the games if you e-mail me at tim@tobychess.com. My web guy has not gotten to it yet. Toby
Q: You mention a collection of games done by the chess engine stored as pgn which can be found on your website. Sorry, but I can't find them on your site, can you help me out ?! Where can I find them ? Greetings, Thomas
A: My web guy has not gotten to it yet. I will send the games if you e-mail me at tim@tobychess.com. Enjoy, Toby
Q: can you tell me about the engine toby tal: who wrote this engine ? you claim it would beat rybka3. which hardware and time control you used ? i would like to buy but first need to know a little about it. i have robbolito and iggorrit for free and don't want to buy the same programs as engines toby-tal only renamed. thanks thorsten czub
A: The programmers are a secret for several reasons. I am the one who hired them. The games I can send you were run on a AMD machine at 1m, 5m, and 1 hour times. Intel results by others were better. We optomized it vs Robbolito and our style of play is very different. I can send you the games if you e-mail me at tim@tobychess.com
Ok so you hired "several programmers" who are anonymous for now,
Maybe they suddenly had a big leap in traffic and had a bandwidth overage. Sounds like they've been in business longer than a couple of weeks, so let's see what happens.Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:Obviously it was a hit and run procedure and they quit when the real matter was exposed....a scary issue indeed....
Dr.D
I was playing conspiracy theories btw when I posted this....I hope I'm wrong....sockmonkey wrote:Maybe they suddenly had a big leap in traffic and had a bandwidth overage. Sounds like they've been in business longer than a couple of weeks, so let's see what happens.Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:Obviously it was a hit and run procedure and they quit when the real matter was exposed....a scary issue indeed....
Dr.D
Jeremy
Seems the site is back upDr.Wael Deeb wrote:I was playing conspiracy theories btw when I posted this....I hope I'm wrong....sockmonkey wrote:Maybe they suddenly had a big leap in traffic and had a bandwidth overage. Sounds like they've been in business longer than a couple of weeks, so let's see what happens.Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:Obviously it was a hit and run procedure and they quit when the real matter was exposed....a scary issue indeed....
Dr.D
Jeremy
Dr.D
Can't see any sign of the Toby-Tal chess engine there any more, unless I've missed something?Steve B wrote: Seems the site is back up
Steve