Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 23:13:38 11/18/00
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On November 18, 2000 at 19:22:11, Jeff Lischer wrote: >On November 18, 2000 at 12:33:37, Ed Schröder wrote: > >> >>I have wondered myself too. >> >>In a mailing I have announced a 6-game match against computer killer >>GM v/d Wiel and got about zero response. What to do? Cancel it? >> >>Ed > >No! Don't cancel it. I got your mailing and am very excited about the match. I >didn't say anything about it here or at the Rebel Board because I thought you'd >make a public announcement. I see now you were waiting for someone else to spill >the beans :) You got it :-) >I think it'll be a great match. I didn't find many games with van der Wiel in >Chris Carson's computer-human list, but I seem to remember he is a good player >against computers (maybe from the Aegon tournaments?). Can you tell us more >about him? John v/d Wiel toghether with Yasser Seirawan were labelled as the comp killers during the yearly AEGON tournaments. I must dig for their stats against comps but I believe both did not lose one single game during all those years. Correct me if I am wrong. I hope I am wrong as they seems to be unbeatable. Last Aegon tournamnt was in 1997 (I believe) so let's see how much progress have been made. Ed
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