Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 11:57:18 08/21/00
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On August 21, 2000 at 14:46:49, Andrew Williams wrote:
>This will be a very brief message since I'm not at home.
>
>Rd 1
>
>Shredder 1-0 Diep
>Insomniac 0 - 1 Fritz
>Junior 1/2 SOS
>Francesca 0 - 1 Rebel
>Nimzo 1 - 0 Zchess
>Pacque Expert 0 - 1 Chess Tiger
>Crafty 1 - 0 Xinix
>
>It was nice to meet many of the people I have only known through
>the internet. Stefan Mayer-Kahlen was interviewed by a reporter
>from CNN. SOS seemed a bit unlucky against Junior. Junior found
>its way to a draw using tablebases, which SOS wasn't using. Maybe
>someone will analyse here and see whether there was a win to be had.
>Crafty won when Xinix made an illegal move (tried to castle when
>in check, I think). Vincent was blaming himself for not doing more
>work on the endgame, because Shredder outplayed Diep in an opp-
>coloured bishops endgame. Many of the amateurs (Tom King, James
>Robertson etc) commented on how tough the professionals are and
>how wide the gap seems when playing against them. Amir Ban was
>non-commital when I asked how it was going "could be worse, but
>could be better".
>
>The tournament hall is HUGE (maybe the size of four or six tennis
>courts) and there are many events going on there, including the
>MSO Masters chess tournament. There was a huge crowd gathered
>around one game featuring David Howells who is an extremely strong
>10-year old. By contrast, I was one of very few spectators at the
>computer chess, though many people wandered along to see what was
>going on.
>
>In the second round, the pairings were as follows:
>
>CT vs Shredder
>Fritz vs Nimzo
>Rebel vs Crafty (crafty had a problem here, as it was out of book after
>the first move in a Sicilian. The operator said he had built the book
>from some games sent by Bob, but it didn't seem to be working). When I
>left, Rebel's score was +2.something
>Diep vs Junior
>SOS vs Insomniac
>Xinix vs Francesca
>Zchess vs Pacque Expert (Zchess seemed to be winning this quite easily
>when I left, with a score of +8.something).
>
>The five games I haven't commented on were pretty even when I left.
>
>Cheers
>
>Andrew
Thanks a lot for posting some informations!!!
It's really incredible that the organization is so lousy that we don't know the
pairing of each rounds until the games are finished.
Aren't there people with cellular phones in this tournament hall? If there are,
tell them the world out there is hungry and want to know what's happening!
Christophe
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