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Subject: Re: Spanish MCCC

Author: Eugenio Castillo

Date: 01:03:57 09/28/98

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On September 27, 1998 at 19:40:49, Amir Ban wrote:

>On September 27, 1998 at 18:42:10, Eugenio Castillo wrote:
>
>> The Spanish MCCC has finished 27.9.98 results are:
>>
>> 6 rounds swiss
>>
>> 1. Chess Tiger (FRA, op) 5
>
>Right. Christophe Theron is playing in the French Championship. So far I count
>he has 7 out of 7 there (!)
>
>Why isn't Virtual Chess playing in the French championship ?
>

I don't know any thing about this now. I'm waiting for news.

>
>> 2. Francesca   (UK, op ) 5
>> 3. SOS         (GER)     4.5
>> 4. Patzer,     (GER)
>>Ruy Lopez,  (ESP)
>>    Betsabe     (ESP)     3.5
>> 7. XXXXii      (GER)     3.0
>> 8. Eugen,      (ESP)
>>    Toledo 2000 (ESP)     2.5
>
>Ouch. What happened, Eugenio ?
>

It was a nightmare tournament for Eugen (and Toledo) i get win positions but
tactical way i don't confirm it.

Francesca and Chess Tiger played very strong.

>
>>10. Genesis     (ARG, op) 1.5
>>11. Rabbit      (FRA, op) 1.0
>>12. Killer      (ESP, ?)  0.5
>>
>>op means that the programmer was not in site, only an operator.
>>
>>Roland Pfister said:
>>
>>"it was a nice tournament with a few drawbacks:
>>
>> operators (some of them did not speak english :-( )
>> the first rain this year at Granada
>>
>>Of course the Germans visited the local McDonalds like we did at Jakarta,
>>Paderborn and Paris :-))
>>
>>SOS got a trophy and a money price for its 3rd place.
>>
>
>You gave money prizes ? And for 3rd place ? What did 1st and 2nd place get ?

There was a trophy for the three first and 40.000 pts, 25.000 pts and 15.000pts
money prices. 1$ is about 140 Pts. Hotel and food was free.

>
>
>>The missing 2nd level cache of the Celeron helped the small programs like SOS
>>and hindered the big knowledge intensive ones like Eugen and Toledo (and
>>XXXXii). Patzer ran at the speed of a K6-120."
>>
>>The ranking in Paris was:
>>
>>Toledo
>>Eugen
>>XXXXII
>>Patzer
>>SOS
>>Chess Tiger
>>Francesca
>>
>>Now it's nearly the contrary, everything is possible in Granada!!!
>>
>>Betsabe (Salomon's Kings mother) is an unknown but a good Spanish program, Ruy
>>Lopez is a new one, his programmer is 23 years old.
>>
>
>I thought her name was Bath-sheba.

In spanish "Betsabe" (we write it so) sounds like Bathseba (with an english
pronounce).

>
>Amir



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