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Subject: Re: 24 participants computer-chess tournament in germany !

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 16:51:04 11/21/97

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On November 21, 1997 at 16:57:47, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>Exclusively for CCC:
>
>The brown horse/ Das braune Ross
>:-) I hope Mr.T. will not interpretate/associate the name of the pub to
>heavily :-)
>
>Computer-chess-tournament in Weissenberg, Germany
>/ Computerschachturnier in Weissenberg:
>
>Participants/Teilnehmer:		Machines/Rechner:
>Shredder2.0				PPro233
>Nimzo98 				k6/200
>Fritz5					P200 MMX
>CM5000	        			P200 MMX
>Genius5 DOS				P200 MMX
>Rebel9		        		PPro233
>MchessPro6				P200
>Wchess			        	486
>Hiarcs6 				Power-MAC G3 275 MHz
>CSTal					Cyrix200+
>The King 2.54				P90
>TASCR30 2.5				Arm2 30 Mhz
>TASCR30 2.2				Arm2 30 Mhz
>Rebel7				        k6/233
>Rebel7		        		k6/225
>CM4000			        	P133
>Nimzo3.5				P263 MMX
>Berlin Professional			68020
>Diogenes				P75
>Sargon V 				Power-Mac 604 250Mhz
>Genius London   			68030
>The King 2.54=SCRATCH setting   	k6/233
>Virtual Chess 1 Platinum		P200 MMX
>MILOBARUS (Wundermaschine)      	486-100
>
>
>
>Setting:
>24 Programme / 24 Participating programs
>7 Runden / 7 rounds to play
>3 h pro Partie / 3 h time per game
>2 Runden am Tag / 2 rounds per day
>insgesamt 1800 DM. / prize-found is 1800 DM altogether
>3 Pokale / 3 cups
>5 Geldpreise / 5 money prizes
>1 Preis fuer bestes Brettgeraet (inkl.Diogenes) / one special prize for
>the best dedicated machine (diogenes will be count as a dedicated
>machine)
>
>Standings after 5 rounds/ Stand nach Runde 5:
>1.Shredder2.0			5
>2.Nimzo98			4
>3.Fritz5			3.5
>4.CM4000			3.5
>5.Genius5 DOS   		3.5
>6.Rebel7	(k6/225)	3.5
>7.Milobarus			3.5
>8.Virtual Chess 1		3.5
>9.TASC R30 2.5	        	3.5
>10.Rebel9			3.5
>...
>CSTal				2.5
>...
>19.MchessPro6   		1.5
>
>Some data from behind the scene:
>The whole tournament is played in a pub. no wonder that the mood is very
>good.
>From the background I was able to hear people shouting and normal
>pub-sounds.
>It looks anybody has a good day. Mr.Karsten Bauermeister is operating
>Shredder and says that without the help of Ossi Weiner he would not have
>been able to let Nimzo98 and Shredder2 participate (Shredder is not yet
>sold in germany, as far as I know...). Thanks to Mr.Weiner for his help
>!
>They avaited Virtual2 and Mchess7 but the programs did not arrived soon
>enough.
>Interesting for the discussions from rgcc and CCC:
>some freaks let Rebel7 participate (2 programs !!) because they think
>Rebel7 is stronger than Rebel8 !!! So much to the discussions about
>WHICH VERSION IS STRONGER Rebel7/8/9 ?
>Milobarus is a special machine like the Mephisto wondermachine.
>The mood seems to be very good. Shredder plays very strong. Good
>endgames. Comes very deep. The King 2.54=SCRATCH is a The King 2.54 in a
>special setting done by his operator Mr.Kratz = in english Mr. SCRATCH.
>
>I will try to get games scores soon !!! They have no internet access ,
>but much beer there and many of them seem not able to type a computer
>keyboard because of the amount of beer they have drunken !
>
>Tomorrow at the same time we know more.

just to liven things up, I believe I mentioned that I thought Shredder
was
"quite strong" and sparked a month-long debate a while back?  :)



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