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Subject: Re: Paris Round 9 live Part IV

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 06:38:55 10/31/97

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On October 31, 1997 at 07:00:47, Ingo Althofer wrote:

>According to Thorsten ( Czub ) this WMCCC shows that the fastest
>programs and also the fast programs on the fastest machines are not
>winning automatically. Instead rather slow programs like Virtual,
>Shredder, MChess, and Junior are currently top contenders for the
>title  ( Thorsten asked me: "Do you remember my long debate(s) with
>Bob Hyatt on this weeks ago in rgcc ?" My answer: "Yes, there must
>have been something..." )
>
>Concerning the Blitz tournament on Saturday afternoon, there are good
>chances for round-by-round coverage on CCC: CSTal will not participate,
>so Thorsten would have enough time to report every few minutes.
>( Question: Will 200 US-Dollar suffice to cover the expenses for all
>the phone calls ? )
>
>Sorry that I did not ask for the ( intermediate ) results of the
>other pairings. According to Thorsten there were lots of draws today.
>Thorstens call was already more then 15 minutes ...
>
>He will give me another call at the end of todays round, at least he
>intends to do.
>
>One problem may be  my connection to CCC. Just after the call the
>net connection was down for about 15 minutes ( the router was cycling
>between Frankfurt/Main and Berlin ; not directly nice to watch him
>doing this ... )      End of  live  report. Currently no part V
>intended.


Tell thorsten to first give you *all* results, *then* give you his
"commentary"...  :)

Without all the results, I can't post a cross-table, which gives
everyone
a chance to see who is where...




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