Author: Mark Ryan
Date: 19:17:10 04/22/00
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On April 22, 2000 at 09:35:49, Fathom Chess wrote: >On April 20, 2000 at 06:54:24, Mark Ryan wrote: > >>On April 20, 2000 at 06:15:43, odell hall wrote: >> >>>Hi >>> >>> Perhaps the Chess World should introduce a new type of Challenge? I think any >>>2500 player with the aid of Fritz6 would probally defeat any super grandmaster >>>in match play, The Super grandmaster being denied computer assistance themselves >>>ofcourse. I would love to see how such a game would turn out, I bet any 2700+ >>>player would lose. The machines near perfect calculation together with the >>>intuition and positional knowledge of the human 2500 player would no doubt make >>>that player invincible. Do you agree? >> >>Hi: In Leon in 1998, Kasparov played Topalov a match of what Kasparov calls >>"Advanced Chess"; both players could consult Pentium II 333 mhz computers >>running Fritz 5 during the rapid (one-hour each player) games. They drew the >>match, each player winning 3 games. One month earlier, Kasparov had defeated >>Topalov 4-0 in Sofia in chess without computers. Perhaps the computers were an >>equalizer in Leon. But I don't know if we can assume too much from one match. >>Incidentally, the games from these two matches are covered in New In Chess >>magazine, issue 1998 Number 4. >>Cheers, >>Mark > >This year also... > >From Mark Crowther's TWIC 273: > >13th Ciudad de León Tournament >The 13th Ciudad de León Tournament will again use the "advanced chess" format >(players will be allowed to use a computer for databases and a playing program). >The competitors will be Anand, Shirov, Judith Polgar and Illescas. The event >will run June 1st-5th 2000 (playing days: June 2nd Shirov-Illescas 2 game match, >June 3rd Anand-Polgar 2 game match, June 3rd, final. The venue is the Junta de >León” building, with the opening ceremony in the Conde Luna Hotel and the >closing ceremony and Judit Polgar simul at the University. Hi: I wish I could be there. A very popular feature in 1998: the computer monitors were projected onto big screens so that the spectators could visualize the players' thought processes (and with GM commentary provided as well), according to the New In Chess article. Cheers, Mark R.
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