Author: Chris Whittington
Date: 07:06:23 11/03/97
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On November 01, 1997 at 15:44:37, Ingo Althofer wrote: >Ferret was the very dominating participant in the Blitz tournament, and >won by a margin of 1.5 points in 11 rounds. It gave away only two >draws against Fritz and another program ( possibly Junior, round 6 ). > >Ferret is the brainchild of Bruce Moreland, who also operated it in >the Blitz tournament and also in the WMCCC itself. Already 1996 >in Jakarta, Ferret had become World Micro Computer Blitz Chess >Champion. Congratulations to Bruce for defending this title ! > >The "normal" tournament does not run too well for Ferret, and, >according to Chris Whittington ( if I understood him correctly in >front of the high background noise level ), Bruce looked like an angry >man for several days. But now he is completely happy and relaxed. Yeah, well done by Bruce. interesting is how the faster programs dominated the blitz - knowledge didn't help much - other way round in the main tournament. The blitz was real ruthless-killer stuff. Losses on time in won postions, wins because of bad move entry by opponents, typical coffee-house rules. CSTal lost two won games on time, and won two lost games on time (I think). It was chaos. You need a very good operator, a lot of luck, and a very fast deep-search tactical program. Chris Whittington > >I am eager to see on Frederic Friedel's video the chaos during the >Blitz tournament. ( Hopefully, he has made a tape ... ) When the >spatial chaos was only half of the level of the background noise it >must have been a battle in the hall ( "Saalschlacht" in German ). > >Congratulations again to Bruce! Ingo Althoefer.
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