Author: Terry Ripple
Date: 00:04:02 09/28/02
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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
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Boy do you have dreams! As Mr.Merlino stated in a previous post, Larry has been
playing with the Chessmater series for quite awhile and even though he doesn't
have as much experience with CM 9000, he is very familiar with it's style!
Also, Larry is known to be quite good at playing against computer programs!
A more likely score i predict would be in favor of Larry 2.5 to 1.5
Regards,
Terry
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