Ant book. To Graham

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Elorejano
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Ant book. To Graham

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Hi! Could you posta link for to download Ants bbok?
Im refering Briifes winboard engine
Thanks in advance
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Re: Ant book. To Graham

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Elorejano wrote: Mon Feb 16, 2026 12:36 am Hi! Could you posta link for to download Ants bbok?
Im refering Briifes winboard engine
Thanks in advance
Guenther or Alex might have it. I'll ask them.
gbanksnz at gmail.com
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Hi,

I released Ant by Tom Vijlbrief first time on my Winboard site, gave the site later to Thomas Meyer, Thomas gave it to Leo Dijksman. Ant was one of around 40 winboard engines available on Frank's Chess Page. Tom gave it to me during a Leiden-ch. The Ant book is from 1998 / 1999. Two different books I have. A normaly book and a big book.

It's unusual for someone to ask that. What is the reason for it?

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Hi Juan,

two files ...
book.ant and bbook.ant.

Perhaps Tom changed that to one file after 1998 / 1999.

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And what have Günther or Alex (which Alex) to do with it Graham?
OK, I think it was a time before I read your name first time!