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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