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Subject: Re: Comp tournament memories

Author: Fernando Villegas

Date: 14:07:57 05/12/98

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On May 12, 1998 at 10:35:35, Howard Exner wrote:

>On May 12, 1998 at 10:22:02, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>
>>On May 12, 1998 at 02:38:00, Howard Exner wrote:
>>
>>>On May 11, 1998 at 23:00:53, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>>>
>>>>Do you have the games Levy vs Chess 4,7? And the games Levy Vs other
>>>>machines and other GM against Chess 4,7? If not, let me know.
>>>>Fernando
>>>
>>>I recently downloaded a big file of comp vs comp games from
>>>the GambitSoft site. I don't think it had any games in it
>>>from Levy. If you could email them to me it would be
>>>much appreciated.
>>
>>
>>Levy's games are in his book "More Chess and Computers", a very old one,
>>vintahge end of 70's or beginning of 80's. If you cannot get it, I will
>>see a way to scann the pages whete the games appears.
>>Let me know.
>
>I think our local Library might carry this one. I'll search there first.
>Thanks.
>
>I recall that David Levy had a long standing bet that no computer would
>beat him in a match before some date. When did he finally lose such a
>match and which program beat him in that match?
>>Fernando


Actually Levy won the bet, althought loosing a game after all. It seems
was the very first game won by a computer against an IM in torunament
conditions, 40/2 hours. All the history is in the book.
Fernando



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