Author: Dan Ellwein
Date: 13:37:20 08/21/00
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On August 21, 2000 at 14:57:18, Christophe Theron wrote: >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 I think i saw in another post that CT lost to Shredder... does any have the moves from that game... >>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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