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Subject: Re: Paris: Free drinks for wins of

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 19:33:54 10/31/97

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On October 31, 1997 at 16:51:36, Ingo Althofer wrote:

>Up to round 9 the following programs, running on slow hardware ( 233
>MHz or less ) achieved wins against programs on fast hardware ( PII-
>300 or Alpha with 500+ MHz ):
>
>For each successful team I mention only the win against the highest
>ranked "fast hardware program" ( until round 9 ):
>
>Capture ( K6-200 ) won against   Tiger ( PII-300 )
>Eugen ( K6-200 )   won against   Crafty ( Alpha 533 )
>Gandalf (K6-200)   won against   Shredder ( Alpha 533 )
>Goliath (K6-200)   won against   Crafty
>Hydra (K6-233)     won against   Tiger
>MChess (K6-233)    won against   Ferret ( Alpha 767 )
>SOS (K6-200)       won against   XXXX ( PII-300 )
>Stobor (K6-200)    won against   Fritz ( PII-300 )
>
>A special case is Junior. In round 4 it won against Ferret. However,
>Junior started the tournament on a K6-200 and switched to a PII-300
>at some point. Currently I don't know on which hardware Junior
>played this round 4.
>
>Assuming the worst case concerning Junior, up to now at most 9 free
>drinks may have been spent for operators of programs on slow hardware.
>
>  Ingo Althoefer.
>PS: The only program on "intermediate" hardware is Nightmare on a
>PII-266.

Ingo... let me *assure* you that I in no way am attempting to break
you financially.  :)  Seems I am definitely making a dent in your
pocketbook however.  :)

BTW crafty is on a 500mhz alpha, not a 533, not that there is much
difference.  But it is a plain, vanilla alpha.  And it isn't doing us
a lot of good as you notice.  :)  or should that be :(

Bob



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