Author: James Swafford
Date: 05:05:48 05/19/01
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On May 18, 2001 at 19:46:28, Jason Williamson wrote: Now allow me to ask what everybody else here probably already knows: Who's the principle author? [Just the engine] What's his nationality? -- James >Ok, ChessMaster8000 is the handle for guess what, ChessMaster8000. I will be >running it as well. Sadly of course, I will be manually making the moves....but >hey as long as the games are interesting :) > >JW > >On May 17, 2001 at 22:05:44, James Swafford wrote: > >> >>Hi friends, >> >>We're at 9 days until the third Computer Chess Tournament begins! >>Here's an update on what's going on: >> >>1. Volker Richey has emailed me asking me to enter Fritz with >> him as operator. I replied asking if he had permission from >> Frans... hopefully he does! (or can get it). So, Fritz is >> a possibility. >> >>2. I've emailed Potzy about adding CCT3 to the online events list >> on ICC. Hopefully we'll get some spectators outside of the >> Computer Chess community. >> >>3. Jim Deffely from ICC emailed me. I quote: >> "I seem to be the person now who has to pick up the slack left >> by who ever was working with you before." >> It seems he has been volunteered, but I welcome any help from ICC >> we can get! :-) >> >>4. If an ICC TD falls through, I've had two volunteers to direct >> the tournament. One is Vincent, although he requested the tournament >> be moved to FICS before asking him to TD. The other is Jason >> Williams, who has some TD experience as well, but may be operating >> Chess Master. >> >>5. ENTRY DEADLINE IS SUNDAY, MAY 20... I will be forwarding the final >> entry list to ICC on Monday, May 21 for pairings. Please register >> via this forum or emailing me directly. >> >>6. If you don't have an ICC account, Andy (Zek) has stated that you >> should first register at chessclub.com for the 7 day trial, then >> email him for an extension to 30 days. He will be setting initial >> ratings to 2600. >> >>7. The following is the current lists of participants: >> >># Program Author Country ICC handle >>1. Tristram 5.0 James Swafford USA Tristram >>2. Averno José C. Martínez Galán Spain AvernoX >>3. Dorky Matt McKnight USA Dorky >>4. Quark Thomas Mayer GER QuarkX >>5. Mint Christian Soderstrom Sweden Mint** >>6. Arasan Jon Dart USA ArasanX >>7. Terra 2.0 Peter Fendrich Sweden TerraPi/TerraX >>8. Monsoon Scott Gasch USA Monsoon >>9. Chezzz David Rasmussen Denmark ? >>10. Lambchop Pete McKenzie New Zealand lambchop >>11. Boojum Sam Slutzky USA SSEChessII >>12. Hiarcs 8 Alpha Mark Uniacke UK Hiarcs8X >>13. Yace Dieter Bürßner Germany Yace >>14. Crafty Bob Hyatt USA Crafty >>15. PostModernist Andrew Williams England PostModernist >>16. Diep Vincent Diepeveen Netherlands DiepX >>17. Armageddon Chess Grzegorz Sidorowicz Poland Armageddon >>18. Shrike Dan Newman USA ShrikeX >>19. Sjeng Gian-Carlo Pascutto Belgium Sjeng >>20. Tinker Brian Richardson USA Tinker >>21. Pharaon Franck Zibi France Pharaon >>22. Amateur Will Singleton USA Amateur >>23. Celes (31337) Johan Hutting Netherlands ? >>24. Junior Amir Ban Israel Ban >>25. Searcher Frank Phillips England SearcherX >>26. Bringer Gerrit Reubold Germany gambitmaster >>27. Chester Steve Timson USA ChesterX >>28. Shredder Stefan Meyer-Kahlen ShredderX >>29. Patzer Rolan Pfister Germany ? >> >> >> * operator for Hiarcs 8 = Enrico Carrisco >> operator for Shredder = Per Näsman >> operator for Patzer = Torsten Schoop >> operator for Averno = Roger Davis >> >>** possibly: Insomniac (James Robertson), >>ChessMaster 8000 (operated by ???), Fritz (Volker Richey) [pending permission] >> >>*** Pharaon previously known as Zchess >> >> >>8. Start times: >>8 round swiss with the following start times and time control: >>45 10, 8 round swiss. >>EST GMT >>10:00 15:00 >>12:20 17:20 >>14:40 19:40 >>17:00 22:00 >> >> >>Looking forward to a great event... >> >>-- >>James
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