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╨ROGRAMMED BY ╙TEVE ╟UIDI
╥ELEASED ON ┴UGUST 22, 1994
├HARACTER ╙ET BY AN ╒NKNOWN ┴UTHOR
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╔NCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE ARE:
├╞├ ├╚┼╙╙ ╥┴╘┼╥ - ╘HE ═AIN ╨ROGRAM.
├╚┼╙╙ ╥┴╘┼╥.─╧├ - ╫HAT ┘OU ┴RE ╥EADING
╬OW.
═╘╓64 - ╨UTS THE ═╘╓ SPRITE
ON YOUR SCREEN.
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╘HE ├╞├ ├HESS ╥ATER. ╫HAT THE HELL IS IT USED FOR? ╫ELL ╔'LL START BY
GIVING YOU A LITTLE INFORMATION ON THE ├╞├.
├╞├ STANDS FOR ╘HE ├HESS ╞EDERATION OF ├ANADA. ├HESS PLAYERS ACROSS ├ANADA
JOIN THIS FEDERATION TO TAKE PART IN REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS OR SIMPLY JOIN
BECAUSE THEY ARE INTERESTED IN CHESS. ╫HEN CHESS BECAME A COMPETITIVE GAME,
SOME RULES HAD TO BE APPLIED TO SORT OUT THE SKILL OF PLAYERS OR ELSE THE
EXPERIENCED PLAYERS WOULD ALWAYS BEAT THE BEGINNERS. ╙O SOMEONE DECIDED TO
COME UP WITH THE RATING SYSTEM. ┴ PLAYER'S RATING IS REPRESENTED BY A FOUR
DIGIT (OR LESS) NUMBER WHICH DEFINES HIS OR HER SKILL. ╔N TOURNAMENTS TODAY,
THE SECTIONS ARE DIVIDED UP ACCORDING TO SKILL LEVEL DIFFERING FROM ABOUT 200
POINTS APART SO THAT WAY, EVERYONE COMPETES WITH ROUGHLY EQUALLY SKILLED
OPPONENTS. ╧NCE A PLAYER DEFEATS AN OPPONENT, HIS OR HER RATING INCREASES BY
A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF POINTS DEPENDING ON THE OPPONENT'S RATING. ╔F THE PLAYER
LOSES, THEN HIS/HER RATING DROPS DEPENDING ON THE OPPONENT'S RATING.
╬OW THAT YOU KNOW A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WHAT THE RATING SYSTEM IS, SOME
INFORMATION ON WHAT THIS PROGRAM DOES.
┼VERY TWO MONTHS, MEMBERS OF THE ├╞├ RECEIVE A MAGAZINE CALLED "┼N ╨ASSANT".
╘HIS MAGAZINE INCLUDES INTERESTING GAMES FROM MAJOR TOURNAMENTS, INFORMATION
ON UPCOMING EVENTS, AND OFCOURSE, THE RATING LIST. ╔ BEING AN ACTIVE CHESS
PLAYER, COMPETE IN 2 TOURNAMENT ROUNDS EVERY WEEK SO MY RATING FLUCTUATES
CURRENTLY. ╘O FIND OUT MY NEXT PUBLISHED RATING ╔ WOULD HAVE TO WAIT TWO
MONTHS UNTIL THE NEXT ISSUE OF "┼N ╨ASSANT". ╙O ╔ DECIDED TO MAKE A SIMPLE
PROGRAM WHICH WOULD CALCULATE THE A PLAYER'S RATING JUST LIKE THE PRO'S DO
IT!
╫HEN USING THE PROGRAM, YOU HAVE TWO MAJOR OPTIONS. ╧NE WILL CALCULATE YOUR
PERFORMANCE RATING, AND THE OTHER ONE, YOUR NEW RATING. ┴ PERFORMANCE RATING
IS USED TO RATE UNRATED PLAYERS AND ALSO TO DETERMINE ONE'S PERFORMANCE IN A
PREVIOUS EVENT. ╞OR EXAMPLE, A PLAYER WHO GOES UNDEFEATED IN AN EVENT WILL
HAVE A HIGH PERFORMANCE RATING WHERE AS A PERSON WHO LOST EVERY MATCH, WON'T.
-=╨AGE 1=-
╫HEN USING THE PERFORMANCE RATER, THE PROGRAM WILL ASK YOU TO ENTER THE
AMOUNT OF OPPONETS PLAYED. ╙IMPLE ENOUGH. ┼NTER HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU PLAYED
IN YOUR LAST TOURNAMENT TO CHECK YOUR PERFORMANCE. ╫HEN IT ASKS YOU HOW MANY
WERE DEFEATED, ENTER THE NUMBER OF WINS ╨╠╒╙ THE NUMBER OF DRAWS ASWELL!
┼XAMPLE: ╔N ONE OF MY 7 ROUND TOURNAMENTS, ╔ WON TWO GAMES AND TIED 5. ╙O ╔
WOULD ENTER THAT AS 4.5 WINS (1 POINT FOR WIN, .5 FOR A DRAW, 0 FOR A LOSS).
┴FTER THIS, THE PROGRAM WILL ASK YOU FOR THE OPPONENT'S RATINGS. ╔T IS NOT
NECCESARY TO ENTER THEM IN THE EXACT ORDER IN WHICH YOU PLAYED THEM. ┴FTER
TYPING ALL THIS OUT, THE PROGRAM RETURNS YOUR PERFORMANCE RATING AND YOU
RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU.
╫HEN YOU ARE CHECKING YOUR NEW RATING, THE PROCESS IS VERY SIMILAR. ╘HE
PROGRAM WILL FIRST ASK YOU FOR YOUR OLD RATING. ╘HIS IS THE RATING YOU HAD
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EVENT YOU WANT TO UPDATE. ┴FTER THAT, THE PROGRAM
ASKS YOU IF THIS IS A PROVISIONAL RATING. ┴ PLAYER'S RATING IS PROVISIONAL
IF THE PLAYER HAS PLAYED LESS THAN 25 GAMES. ┴FTER THAT IT IS AN
"ESTABLISHED RATING". ╬EXT YOU WILL AGAIN BE ASKED TO ENTER THE NUMBER OFF
OPPONENTS YOU PLAYED, THE NUMBER OF WINS YOU ACHIEVED, AND YOUR OPPONENTS'
RATINGS. ┴FTER TYPING IN THESE FIGURES, THE PROGRAM RESPONDS WITH YOUR NEW
RATING AND YOU GO BACK TO THE MAIN MENU.
╙OME THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW...
╔F YOU HAVE A RATING, BUT IT IS NOT A ├╞├ RATING (SOMETHING LIKE ╒╙├╞ OR
╞╔─┼), IT MAY ME CALCULATED DIFFERENTLY. ╘HE FORMULAS ╔ USED IN THIS PROGRAM
WERE FROM THE "┴NNUAL ┼N ╨ASSANT" MAGAZINE OF ┴UGUST/94. ┘OUR FEDERATION MAY
USE A DIFFERENT SYSTEM BUT DON'T WORRY! ╘HEY WILL BE SIMULAR! ╒SING THIS
PROGRAM WILL GIVE YOU A ROUGH ESTIMATE ON YOUR RATING.
╔F YOU ARE AN UNRATED PLAYER AND WOULD LIKE TO CALCULATE YOUR NEW RATING,
USE THE ╨ERFORMANCE ╥ATER. ╘HIS IS THE FORMULA USED TO CALCULATE YOUR RATING
BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE WON'T WORK. (╙EE UPCOMING PROGRAMS)
┬ONUS POINTS AND PARTICIPATION POINTS ARE AUTOMATICALLY ADDED TO THE FINAL
RATING WHICH THE PROGRAM GIVES.
╙MOKING IS VERY HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH.
┘OUR NEWLY PUBLISHED RATING MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE THAT THE PROGRAM
GAVE YOU. ╙OMETIMES YOUR ╘OURNAMENT ─IRECTOR MAY SEND THE RESULTS INTO THE
├╞├ A BIT LATE (OR THEY MIGHT ARRIVE LATE) AND THOSE RESULTS WOULD BE USED ON
THE NEXT PUBLICATION. ├HECK THE "┼VENTS" SECTION IN THE RATING LIST OF "┼N
╨ASSANT" TO SEE WHICH EVENTS HAVE BEEN RATED.
╨RESSING ╥ETURN ON A LINE WILL TELL THE PROGRAM THAT YOU ARE ENTERING THE
DEFAULT RESPONSE. ╘HIS IS NORMALLY 0 BUT IT MAY BE WHAT YOU LAST ENTERED
DURING THE SAME PROMPT.
╫HEN EXITING TO BASIC, THE PROGRAM EXCUTES A SYS64737 WHICH IS A QUICK RESET
(WARM). ╙UPER ╙NAPSHOT ╫EDGE WILL BE DISABLED THOUGH SO THE 64/128 WILL NOT
RECOGNIZE THE @ DOS COMMANDS NOR YOUR FUNCTION KEYS. ┘OU MUST RE-ENABLE THE
WEDGE THROUGH SNAPSHOT.
-=╨AGE 2=-
╔N THE FUTURE, YOU WILL SEE THESE PROGRAMS OUT WHICH ARE BASED UPON THIS
ONE.
..... ├╞├ ├HESS ╥ATER FOR ╟EOS 64/128
- ╔ INTEND TO HAVE THIS OUT BY NEXT MONTH. ╔T WILL BE A DIRECT
CONVERSION OF THIS PROGRAM LESS ALL THE COLOR GRAFIX. (═AYBE SOME NEW
ONES...)
..... ├╞├ ├HESS ╥ATER FOR ╧THER ├OMPUTERS
- ╔'M GOING TO STRIP THE COLOR GRAFIX FROM THE CODE, THEN CHANGE THE
PROGRAM TO A SEQUENTIAL FILE SO IT CAN BE LOADED INTO A COMPILER OF
ANOTHER COMPUTER.
..... ├╞├ ╘OURNAMENT ─IRECTOR FOR ├64/128
- ┘UP! ╥UN YOUR OWN TOURNAMENT WITH YOUR ├64/128! ╫ILL TAKE THE
COMPETITORS NAMES AND RANDOMLY PAIR THEM OFF. ┴FTER THE MATCH RESULTS
ARE ENTERED, THE PLAYERS' NEW RATING AND PERFORMANCE WILL BE UPDATED!
╫ELL, THAT BASICALLY WRAPS IT UP!á┴NY COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS, OR ERROR
REPORTS SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO ME AT THE FOLLOWING ADRESSES. ╔ AM RELEASING
THIS PROGRAM AS "╙EMI-╙HAREWARE". ╘HAT MEANS, UNDER MY OWN DEFINITION, THAT
IF YOU WAN'T TO SEND A DONATION, YOU CAN, BUT IT IS NOT MANDATORY. ╔ ONLY
ASK A DONATION OF $3.00+ ├ANADIAN OR THE EQUIVALENT. ┘OU CAN SEND A CHEQUE
OR CASH - UPTO YOU.
├ONTACT ME, ╙TEVE ╟UIDI AT THE FOLLOWING:
╙TEVE ╟UIDI @├┬═ - ╔MAGE/╬ISSA╬ET ╬ODE 28 (416)588.0922
╙TEVE ╟UIDI @╨╙╔ ╫ORDPRO - ╨├╨╬ ╬ODE 1 (905)896.1446
╙TEVE║╟UIDI@COMNET.CBMTOR.GTS.ORG (416)499.9375
╫RITE TO:
╙TEVE ╟UIDI
58 ═OORECROFT ├RESCENT,
╙CARBOROUGH, ╧NTARIO, ═1╦-3╓1
├ANADA
╞OR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ├╞├,
├ONTACT:
╘HE ├HESS ╞EDERATION OFá├ANADA
2212 ╟ALDWIN ├RESCENT, ╒NIT ┼-1,
╧TTAWA, ╧NTARIO, ╦1┬-5╬1,
├ANADA
(613)733-2844
┴LSO, BE SURE TO DOWNLOAD MY BI-MONTHLY ├64/128 BBS LISTINGS!
╬AMED "BBSLISTXX94P.TXT" AND "BBSLISTXX94A.TXT"
-=╨AGE 3=-