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Subject: Re: KKUP 2 -- the race is on!

Author: Komputer Korner

Date: 23:46:44 10/30/98

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On October 29, 1998 at 17:42:54, Jeremiah Penery wrote:

>On October 29, 1998 at 16:21:30, Komputer Korner wrote:
>
>>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
>
>I've been looking for the past 2 or 3 days, and neither remaining game has had a
>new move in that time.  Both games look to be heading toward draws, anyway.
>
>As an aside: How might I become a player in the next KKUP if needed? Seems help
>could be used.
>
>Jeremiah

Stay tuned
--
Komputer Korner



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