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Subject: Draw master!!!

Author: Matthew Hull

Date: 20:46:45 09/08/02

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On September 08, 2002 at 21:34:56, Mike Byrne wrote:

>On September 08, 2002 at 21:20:26, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On September 08, 2002 at 19:55:01, Aloisio Ponti Lopes wrote:
>>
>>>On September 08, 2002 at 19:07:08, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>>
>>>>CM8K is ahead of CM9K by 1/2 game.  Drawmaster Logan has not lost game! 3 rounds
>>>>to go.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Name                Wins    Draws   Losses  Games   Score
>>>>Waitzkin               5       4       3      12     7.0
>>>>Capablanca             3       0       9      12     3.0
>>>
>>>This "Waitzkin" personality doesn't match the real man... and that "Capablanca"
>>>personality, isn't it drunk?
>>>
>>>A. Ponti
>>
>>Keep in mind that this is a G/5 tournament, in which anything can happen. Also,
>>if the default settings are being used, then the tournament is being played with
>>pondering on, so the engines are only getting <50% of the CPU.
>>
>>jm
>
>After 14 Rounds , 1 Round to go - Korchnoi leads, followed by Karpov and
>Fischer.  Amazingly, "Logan" the draw master has lived up to his name with 3
>wins , 11 draws and NO losses and istied for 4th place with Polgar.  GrailMaster


That reminds me of the Star Trek Next Generation episode where cmdr Data is
playing this mind boggling strategy game with the galaxie's greated (and most
pompous) master and can't win a game.  He eventually changes his strategy to
play for a draw instead of a win, to the great frustration of the grandmaster,
and the delight of the crew.:-)


>3.0 and CM 8000 are th imported Winboard engines from CM8K.  Chessmaster9K in
>right in the middle of the pack with a 7/14 score. Match is being played on a
>DUAL 1.7 Xeon GHz under WIN2K.  Pondering is on as each personality is getting
>100% of one CPU.  Crafty GM is Crafty 17.16 SE using the krafty "GM" level -set
>to one CPU (although it is a multiple CPU engine).
>
>
>
>Name                Wins    Draws   Losses  Games   Score
>Korchnoi               9       2       3      14     10.0
>Karpov                 8       3       3      14     9.5
>Fischer                8       3       3      14     9.5
>Polgar                 7       3       4      14     8.5
>Logan                  3      11       0      14     8.5
>Grailmaster 3.0        5       6       3      14     8.0
>Spassky                6       3       5      14     7.5
>CM 8000                6       3       5      14     7.5
>Chessmaster            6       2       6      14     7.0
>Waitzkin               5       4       5      14     7.0
>Frederic               4       5       5      14     6.5
>Queenie                5       2       7      14     6.0
>Crafty GM              4       2       8      14     5.0
>Kamsky                 4       2       8      14     5.0
>Capablanca             4       0      10      14     4.0
>Shakespeare            2       1      11      14     2.5



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