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'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[People]] * Thomas Gaksch''' | '''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[People]] * Thomas Gaksch''' | ||
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a German software developer and chess programmer, who with age 16 <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=472667 Thanks again for this (useless) Discussion] by [[Thomas Gaksch]], [[CCC]], December 23, 2005</ref> already wrote his first chess program [[Hypra-Chess]] <ref>[http://www.gamebase64.com/game.php?id=10139&d=18 Hypra-Chess from GB64.COM]</ref> in [[6502|6510]] [[Assembly|assembly]], published in 1987 as part of a [[Commodore 64]] game collection <ref>[http://www.c64-wiki.com/index.php/64%27er_Spielesammlung 64'er Spielesammlung - C64-Wiki]</ref> <ref>[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/c64_emu_-_hypra-chess.html Commodore 64 Emulator - Computer Chess Game Collection - Hypra-Chess] from [[The Spacious Mind]]</ref>. | a German software developer and chess programmer, who with age 16 <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=472667 Thanks again for this (useless) Discussion] by [[Thomas Gaksch]], [[CCC]], December 23, 2005</ref> already wrote his first chess program [[Hypra-Chess]] <ref>[http://www.gamebase64.com/game.php?id=10139&d=18 Hypra-Chess from GB64.COM]</ref> in [[6502|6510]] [[Assembly|assembly]], published in 1987 as part of a [[Commodore 64]] game collection <ref>[http://www.c64-wiki.com/index.php/64%27er_Spielesammlung 64'er Spielesammlung - C64-Wiki]</ref> <ref>[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/c64_emu_-_hypra-chess.html Commodore 64 Emulator - Computer Chess Game Collection - Hypra-Chess] from [[The Spacious Mind]]</ref>. | ||
=Toga= | =Toga= | ||
| − | In 2004/2005, Thomas Gaksch used the [[Fruit|Fruit 2.0]] source code by [[Fabien Letouzey]], already under the [[Free Software Foundation#GPL|GNU General Public License]], to make some tweaks and modifications, to distribute the executable under the name [[Toga]] to some testers, soon causing [[ | + | In 2004/2005, Thomas Gaksch used the [[Fruit|Fruit 2.0]] source code by [[Fabien Letouzey]], already under the [[Free Software Foundation#GPL|GNU General Public License]], to make some tweaks and modifications, to distribute the executable under the name [[Toga]] to some testers, soon causing [[:Category:Clone|clone]] suspicions and announcements <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=415992 Toga Clone] by Karl-Heinz Söntges, [[CCC]], March 09, 2005</ref>. Thomas Gaksch apologized immediately <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=416548 A statement from the "Author" of Toga II] by [[Thomas Gaksch]], [[CCC]], March 13, 2005</ref>, Toga and its successor Toga II with [[Parallel Search|multi-processor support]] were declared based on Fruit, fulfilling its license as published with sources under the GPL <ref>[http://alpha.uhasselt.be/Research/Algebra/Toga/linux_versions/ Posix ports of some recent version of Toga II]</ref>. As "official" Fruit derivative <ref>[http://arctrix.com/nas/chess/fruit/ Fruit Chess Engine by Fabien Letouzey]</ref> Toga II was used by [[Kai Himstedt]] as primary engine for his [[GridChess]] and [[Cluster Toga]] entities, competing the [[WCCC 2007]] and [[WCCC 2008]] with Fabien Letouzey and Thomas Gaksch mentioned as co-authors. |
=Forum Posts= | =Forum Posts= | ||
Latest revision as of 11:20, 7 June 2020
Thomas Gaksch,
a German software developer and chess programmer, who with age 16 [1] already wrote his first chess program Hypra-Chess [2] in 6510 assembly, published in 1987 as part of a Commodore 64 game collection [3] [4].
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Toga
In 2004/2005, Thomas Gaksch used the Fruit 2.0 source code by Fabien Letouzey, already under the GNU General Public License, to make some tweaks and modifications, to distribute the executable under the name Toga to some testers, soon causing clone suspicions and announcements [5]. Thomas Gaksch apologized immediately [6], Toga and its successor Toga II with multi-processor support were declared based on Fruit, fulfilling its license as published with sources under the GPL [7]. As "official" Fruit derivative [8] Toga II was used by Kai Himstedt as primary engine for his GridChess and Cluster Toga entities, competing the WCCC 2007 and WCCC 2008 with Fabien Letouzey and Thomas Gaksch mentioned as co-authors.
Forum Posts
- Toga test tournament 2005 - impressively result - games by Karl-Heinz Söntges, CCC, February 11, 2005
- Toga Clone by Karl-Heinz Söntges, CCC, March 09, 2005
- A statement from the "Author" of Toga II by Thomas Gaksch, CCC, March 13, 2005
- Statement from the "Author" of Toga by Thomas Gaksch, CCC, March 17, 2005
- Re: Appeal by Thomas Gaksch, CCC, May 11, 2005
- Has Thomas Gaksch become co-author of Fruit? by Gabor Szots, CCC, June 18, 2005
- Re: What makes Fruit and Fruit-Toga so strong? by Thomas Gaksch, CCC, June 20, 2005
- Thanks again for this (useless) Discussion by Thomas Gaksch, CCC, December 23, 2005
- Question to Daniel Shawul by Thomas Gaksch, Winboard Forum, May 30, 2006
- Searching for a development team for Toga based on Fruit by Thomas Gaksch, Winboard Forum, September 09, 2006
External Links
References
- ↑ Thanks again for this (useless) Discussion by Thomas Gaksch, CCC, December 23, 2005
- ↑ Hypra-Chess from GB64.COM
- ↑ 64'er Spielesammlung - C64-Wiki
- ↑ Commodore 64 Emulator - Computer Chess Game Collection - Hypra-Chess from The Spacious Mind
- ↑ Toga Clone by Karl-Heinz Söntges, CCC, March 09, 2005
- ↑ A statement from the "Author" of Toga II by Thomas Gaksch, CCC, March 13, 2005
- ↑ Posix ports of some recent version of Toga II
- ↑ Fruit Chess Engine by Fabien Letouzey
