Cry Me A River - Chess Non-Profits Cry Foul over Fat Fritz 2 Whilst they Copied the Puzzle Rush Design
Lichess, Stockfish and Leela Chess Zero are non-profits who develop chess software out of the goodness of their heart until someone comes along who does it better. Then their altruism is replaced by self-righteous rage. This story begins way back in the long and distant past when I was an undergraduate at Imperial College, the internet was still a new thing and most people on the planet didn't know what it was let alone use it. As a university student, it was like being a pioneering explorer. I concerned myself with exploring the chess universe. This consisted of the ICS (Internet Chess Server) and various chess bulletin boards. Albert Silver was not well known at this time but was a man with a vision. He invented a graphical interface for online chess for a chess software company called Convetka Ltd who were creators of Chess Assistant and became immortalized in the process as being one of the pioneers of online chess for his innovative graphical user interface. Convekta Ltd was ...