Answers so far:
Across: 5.Perpetual,6.Oll,9.Chaturanga,12.Shredder
Down: 1.Bishop,2.Topalov,3.Epaulette,4.HAL, 7.Cambridge,8.Breakthrough,9.Carlsen,10.Hydra,11.Phalanx
1 down Bishop
7 d Cambridege
11 d phallanx
5 a discovery?
All correct except for 5!
2d Topalov
3d epaulette
9a chaturanga
Correct!
5 across is perpetual.
4 down Tao?
9 down is Carlsen.
6a Oll
12a Shredder
6 across is Oll.
Good going guys, 4 down is not Tao though.
10 down is Hydra.
Only 4 down and 8 down are unsolved. Tao is a chess engine and fits, do I gethalf credit?
Hints:
4 Down: think of a famous sci-fi movie
8 Down: you breach your opponents defences...
10 Down: evaluates 200,000,000 chess positions per second
4 down Sam?
Elf is a three-letter chess engine but it doesn't fit.
No....
4 down is Hal.
Second letter is "A."
Answers so far:
Across: 5.Perpetual,6.Oll,9.Chaturanga,12.Shredder
Down: 1.Bishop,2.Topalov,3.Epaulette,4.HAL, 7.Cambridge,8.Breakthrough,9.Carlsen,10.Hydra,11.Phalanx