Author: Nicolas GUIBERT
Date: 03:29:48 05/28/01
Hello all, The first Man-Machine match of the history of international draughts (international checkers played on a 10x10 board) will be held in France, August 13-19. The players will be : - GMI N'Diaga Samb (world number 11). He is a Senegalese professionnal player living in the Netherlands. He is known for his aggressive style, always fighting for the win even when playing against the world champion - the French program Buggy, current world number 1 program (Buggy won the last two competitions) The match will be played in 2 sets of 3 games with a time limit of 2hr/50 moves + 1hr Ko. Each set will lead to a semi-rapid tie-break if undecided. A semi-rapid 3rd set will also be played if the match is even. The games will be broadcast live on the Internet on www.buggy-online.com A lot of information about the program and the match is already available on this site. If you do not want to forget about the match, simply fill in your email address on the newsletter page of the site. If you own a site, we would appreciate a link to www.buggy-online.com. Please let us know if you do this, and we will put a link to yours in return. If you have any question, feel free to ask ! Nicolas Guibert Match Samb-Buggy organizing committee. www.buggy-online.com
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