Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 12:01:02 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 for the update, Andrew. Keep them coming... Shame about Crafty's opening book problem. I have to wonder why the operator didn't try a few quick test games after rebuilding the book. --Peter
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