Author: Komputer Korner
Date: 13:21:30 10/29/98
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On October 28, 1998 at 06:20:55, Bert Seifriz wrote: >On October 27, 1998 at 21:24:55, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>There are two remaining games in KKUP2. Now is when the real excitement begins! >> Since it is now nearly November, we have to ask ourselves, "Will these games >>finish before the end of the year and the start of KKUP 3?!" >> >>A while back, I saw a tiny bit of motion. But once again, they are starting to >>rust. The drama mounts, "Will the rusty gears allow the programs to squeak >>forward past the finish line in time?" >> >>With the Fritz/CM5500 game now on move 48, we could possibly have some kind of a >>record. So far, 268 days since the start on February 1st. 95 ply so far gives >>.35 ply per day, or one full move every 5.6 days. >> >>Is there a record for this sort of thing? Snail chess?! Does any >>correspondence chess expert know how long the longest correspondence game is? >> >>Also, out of curiosity, how long did KKUP 1 take to finish? > >The last one was finished after 5 months. >Correspondence chess used to be very slow, it took >years, but as this is the internet, it should be >definitely faster. It just cannot be that somebody >enters the tournament and then he is very often >on business trips for 2 weeks or so. If somebody >knows before that this will happen, he should not >take part as operator. Bert Nice suggestion but we have never had enough players. Don't forget that the dreaded ajudication date is coming up soon. -- Komputer Korner
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