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Subject: Re: TWIC 344: GM vs Computer match on ICC

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 09:10:02 06/12/01

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On June 12, 2001 at 08:42:53, Chris Carson wrote:

>TWIC 344: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic344.html
>
>GM Vs Computer Match on ICC
>Gustavo Fialho reports that there will be a GM vs computer At Standard Time
>Controls 60m + 30 Seconds Increment between a Computer Team (4 TOP ENGINES) VS 4
>GMS 1. (Petr Kiriakov ELO FIDE 2546, ICC HANDLE - Petrovich 2. (Ruslan
>Sherbakov, ELO FIDE 2544,) ICC HANDLE - Ruslan The 3rd and 4th players are
>likely to be GM Popov and GM Volkov but they will confirm later. Each player
>will play 4 Games, one game against Each engine.. A Team round Robin.

Hey, this type of competition is called "Scheweningen System", not "team round
robin". I am surprised that Mark Crowther let this small mistake in TWIC.

>The Games
>are going to be played on 14th-17th June 2001.
>
>---------------------------------
>
>Anyone know which programs?
>Also, any opinions on how this time control compares to 40/2?

It is much faster. Not that it matters much, today several important tournaments
are quite fast, and the trend is to play always faster as before.

>Just FYI, FIDE and USCF lump all games with time controls > game/25 into the
>same rating, so this time control would count for human ratings.
>

I have not checked the FIDE pages in some time, but I assume you are correct
(and it is not surprising, considering the new FIDE time control). Does this
time control also qualify for norm performances?

>Best Regards,
>Chris Carson

José.



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