Author: Terry Ripple
Date: 00:10:56 09/28/02
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On September 28, 2002 at 03:04:02, Terry Ripple wrote:
>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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I would like to add that the very worst scenerio Larry will atleast draw 2-2
Regards,
Terry
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