Author: Ingo Althofer
Date: 07:24:58 11/05/97
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On November 05, 1997 at 08:25:53, Bruce Moreland wrote: >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 ). > >Draws with Fritz and Junior, both with black. The draw with Fritz was a >rep draw, I didn't check to see who was better, but Junior was up a pawn >in an opposite B ending. > >>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 ! > >Thanks. > >>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. > >Actually, when the dust cleared I had done fine (5th, or tied 4th, >depending upon how you report this). > >I'm not quite sure how to take this "angry" comment. I have emotional >ups and downs at these, to say the least, but I think that I was more >disappointed than angry, typically. > >In the last round of the main tournament I was happy because I had no >pressure on me, because I couldn't win, and because I got to play white, >and because the damned thing was almost over. > >>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 ). >The blitz tournament is completely brutal. You cannot do well in it >unless you take it absolutely seriously. > >The background noise wasn't a big deal at all. I was distracted by >people setting off flashes in my face, but I didn't hear any noise that >I remember. Bruce The background noise was a big deal for me at the other end of the phone line. I really had problems to understand what Chris and partially also what Thorsten spoke into the handy. Only this I meant by the "noise" comment. IA PS: Congrats also on your performance in the main tournament!
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