Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:33:09 09/27/02
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On September 26, 2002 at 23:13:17, Rick Terry wrote: >On September 26, 2002 at 16:54:42, John Merlino wrote: > >>On September 26, 2002 at 16:51:14, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On September 26, 2002 at 16:45:18, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>>>On September 26, 2002 at 16:39:17, Dann Corbit wrote: >>>> >>>>>On September 26, 2002 at 16:32:36, John Merlino wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Once again, the match between Chessmaster 9000 and US Champion GM Larry >>>>>>Christiansen will be taking place on ICC this weekend. Two games per day, with >>>>>>the games starting at 10am and 3pm Eastern time. >>>>>> >>>>>>The time control that was originally agreed upon was 30 moves in 60 minutes, but >>>>>>ICC does not support a moves/minutes time control. So, it is probably going to >>>>>>be changed to 2 minutes plus 120 seconds per move. >>>>>> >>>>>>Chessmaster will be using a P4-2.66, with all 5-piece endgame databases. It will >>>>>>use four different personalities for the match. The Chessmaster personality will >>>>>>be going last, and there will be three GM personalities that will be used for >>>>>>the other three games. Apart from changing the hash table size to 64MB, these >>>>>>personalities will be identical to the ones in CM9000. >>>>>> >>>>>>If you want to watch the match, just "follow CM9000". There will be live >>>>>>commentary by GM Joel Benjamin, current Women's US Champion WIM Jennifer >>>>>>Shahade, IM Josh Waitzkin (Sunday only), and possibly GM Maurice Ashley as well >>>>>>(his participation is not yet confirmed). GM Yasser Seirawan will provide full >>>>>>post-game analysis of all four games at some point after the match is completed. >>>>>>He is currently in a tournament right now, so it might be several days to a few >>>>>>weeks before this is accomplished. >>>>>> >>>>>>We hope to see you all there! >>>>> >>>>>Wow! That's quite a team you have assembled. I'm sure it will be incredibly >>>>>entertaining. >>>> >>>>All of this is due to our new relationship with America's Foundation for Chess >>>>(www.af4c.org -- don't expect much from their website, though), which was >>>>previously called the Seattle Chess Foundation. They host the US Championships >>>>every year in Seattle, and have connections with most of the major US GMs. >>>> >>>>As for entertaining, I certainly hope so. Chessmaster has not been officially >>>>pitted against ANY GM for MANY years, so I really have no idea what to expect as >>>>a result. Any guesses? >>> >>>This is a tough call. Time control clearly favors CM [I think GM's don't >>>realize how much they gain from 40/2 or they would insist upon it for computer >>>matches]. On the other hand, the GM is a super-GM. CM9000 is available to >>>practice against. If he does that, I think your odds go *WAY* down. On the >>>other, other hand, he won't have much time to practice since CM9000 is so new. >>> >>>Too tough to call with all the variables. I think for sure it will be >>>interesting no matter what happens. >> >>And, don't forget, he will be playing against four different personalities. An >>amusing little twist. We know that Larry has used CM for many years, so he's >>probably familiar with the styles. But, this is a new version, and this is some >>pretty decent hardware.... >> >>As for me, I'll be ECSTATIC if we draw the match.... >> >>jm > > > John you are being way too modest, CM will Murder Christiasen, Hell >Christiansen is no where near the strength of Van Wely, and Rebel on modest >hardware drew that match which was 40/2, why not expect similiar results from >Chessmaster???? I believe Chessmaster will easily win the match convingly 3-1 Thanks for the vote of confidence. Above all, I just hope that it is an exciting match and that the GM commentary is excellent. jm
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