Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 09:57:40 05/31/02
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On May 30, 2002 at 15:11:50, Ernest Bonnem wrote:
>Massy is first of all a friend's tournament, a relaxed event where programmers
>enjoy being together, telling jokes and anecdotes.
>It is not even the (almost) yearly "Championnat de France"...
>Tiger has won many times, and remember, it is now the only French professionnal
>program.
>So Massy was mainly a testbed for Chess Tiger X, in a few competitive games, and
>a way for Christophe to say hello, from Guadeloupe, to his colleagues.
>This was no warfare, no overkill was sought using machines à la Aaron Gordon
>:-))
>I operated, as usual, for Christophe, and used my good old PII-450, overclocked
>to 504 (only possible when I bring my desk fan).
>After all, a small handicap makes it more fun !
>
>Concerning the game lost on operator time (at the 111th move), well, these
>things just happen, unless Fischer clocks are used, which certainly could'nt be
>provided by the Massy club, which provided all the rest, including the good
>atmosphere.
>That game against Franck Zibi was a good and tense game, and that counted more
>than looking for some adjudication using Tiger's +6 advantage.
>
>And congratulations again to El Chinito !
Thank you again, Ernest, for operating Tiger in Massy!
Christophe
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