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Subject: Re: Australian Tourament Report

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 11:55:32 07/13/98

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On July 13, 1998 at 03:59:06, Peter McKenzie wrote:

>Sudden death game in 5min playoff.  KnightCap gets a crushing
>2 queens up endgame, but is now playing at 0.1 sec/move.
>Then the incredible happens - it stalemates lambchop!!!
>Gotta love those bugs :)
>

Knightcap did something similar against Amateur a couple months back on ICC.  It
was a rook up in the endgame, and put it en prise and lost.  I mentioned it to
the operator, who I believe said it was an EGTB problem.  Guess it wasn't fixed.
Pretty amazing.


>Sudden death game in 2min playoff.  LambChop wins an entertaining
>game watched by all on the big screen.
>
>Basically the playoff was fun but pretty random and all 3 programs
>were evenly matched.
>

You're too modest.  It's a great achievement to win such a tournament, as it
proves your dedication and hard work.  Congratulations!

Will



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