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Subject: Re: Australian Tourament Report

Author: jonathan Baxter

Date: 21:11:00 07/14/98

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On July 13, 1998 at 14:55:32, Will Singleton wrote:

>
>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.
>

KnightC on ICC was WimpKnight in the tournament. Its the version of KnightCap
that has learnt its eval and opening book (and is somewhat different in a few
other ways these days too). The bug you refer to was fixed for the tournament.

Cheers,

Jon Baxter

>
>>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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