Author: Serge Desmarais
Date: 23:38:32 09/07/98
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On September 07, 1998 at 06:02:41, Kai Lübke wrote: > *** Shep Championship 1998 III Announcement *** > >Hi all, > > I'm proud to announce that the strongest (micro) computer chess tournament > ever (yep, I'm modest as usual :-) will commence on Saturday, 19.9., > at Shep's Computer Chess Site (http://come.to/SCCS). > > It will be the first big tournament to feature all of today's top > programs in their newest incarnations, played on some of the fastest > available hardware. > >Participants: > > * Rebel 10 - the program which beat Super-GM Anand by 5:3 and > played at GM level in the two 40/2 matches > * MChess Pro 8 - Marty Hirsch's newest wunderkind, still the only > top program to use tablebases for a perfect endgame > * Hiarcs 7 - the long-awaited successor of the long-time SSDF #1, > the most human-like player of all chess programs > * Junior 5 - successor of the current micro World Champion, > maybe the best defensive player in the world > [provided by Amir Ban/Chessbase] > * Chessmaster 5555 - the reigning Shep Champion, often underestimated and > yet the most dangerous opponent for any (silicon) > player > * Fritz 5 - the clear #1 of the SSDF list which plays the better > the more hash it gets (and it will get a lot, see > below) > * Nimzo 98 - #2 on the SSDF list and consistently among the very > top finishers in every tournament around the world > * Chess Tiger 11.5 - the strongest non-commercial program, significantly > improved with much more knowledge > [provided by Christophe Theron] > * TBD > * TBD > >Hardware: > > Thanks to the kind sponsorship of NordmannSoft Cologne (a company owned > by a friend of my family), this tournament will be played on two identical > machines with the following specifications: > > * Intel Pentium II CPU at 400 MHz (possibly will be overclocked to 450 MHz) > * 128 MB SD-RAM > * Windows 95 & 98 (tournament will run under 95) > >Rules: > > The tourney will be a 9-round Round Robin with a time control of 40 moves > in 2 hours, then 40 moves in 2 hours, then 1 hour for the rest of the game. > In case of a tie for first place, a 6-game series at the same time controls > will decide the winner. > >WWW coverage: > > Games will be played by hand (no autoplayer) at a rate of one game per day > (exceptions are possible), starting on 19.9. Programs which are not yet > released will be added to the schedule as soon as I receive them. > > SCCS will be updated with results and PGN/CBV game scores every day > (sometimes except weekends) around 1100 CET (check your local listings :-). > > >Addresses: > > Shep's Computer Chess Site: http://come.to/SCCS > http://sccs.8m.com > http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Ring/8448/ > Email Shep: shep@gmx.de > shep@gmx.net > kluebke@mi.uni-koeln.de > > >--- >Shep I can't wait to see the games and results!
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