Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:31:01 05/11/98
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On May 11, 1998 at 04:15:26, Howard Exner wrote: >Does anyone have any interesting stories to share that relate to >comp vs comp(or human) tournaments. Not the non-chess type but actual >games that >were played that contained good,bad or controversial moves played by the >computers that had some impact at the time they were played. Stories >where the operator (usually the programmer but also any other operator) >went on an emotional rollercoaster during a game. Moves played that were >considered milestones ... that sort of thing. The very best games, fitting the "roller-coaster" description you gave *had* to be the games played in 1978 and 1979 between Belle and chess 4.x the programs were only doing 6-7 plies back then, and the 1978 (Washington DC ACM event) game was a classic that has already been mentioned here recently... The evals of both were swinging +, - move to move. There were others, such as the 1980-on Cray Blitz vs Belle games. Every time we played white, Ken would play the 2 knights against our 1. e4, and let us keep the pawn... and we'd be a pawn up for a while, but would eventually lose it and the game later on, until the last time we played it. :) But those were the days when we had 3-4-500 folks watching, standing room only. It was a load of fun. Last two ACM events I attended had crowds that didn't make it to double-digits. Just not the same...
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