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Subject: Re: The only thing missing is a GM commentator of some games in Graz !

Author: Andy McFarland

Date: 06:14:56 11/22/03

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ICC intends to have GM Boris Alterman comment some of the 10 AM EST (1600 CET)
games. ChessFM will cover some of the 10 AM games.

Andy


On November 22, 2003 at 08:10:38, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>In the context of the culture capital a multiplicity of meetings around the
>range of topics chess and computer games take place approximately in Graz under
>the title Chess003 from 22 to 30 November. Absolute highlight is the chess
>computer world championship under the auspice of the ICGA (international
>computer Games association), with which the best programs fight for the title of
>the world champion. The time for delivering the chess world championship in Graz
>could not be better. Only this year the programs proved "junior" and "Fritz" in
>plays against chess world star the Kasparov and Kramnik that the fight humans
>against machine in the world chess at present is approximately balanced. (junior
>- 3:3 against Kasparov - and Fritz - 4:4 against Kramnik). Also the winner
>programs of the chess computer world championship in Graz become again qualify
>for a play against its world-best human competitors. The further developed
>multiprocessor technology of some programs lets the WM in Graz become thus an
>important Vorausscheidung in the chess fight humans against machine. Fully
>tension is expected in Graz therefore cutting the Austrian matadors Chrilly off
>Donninger, whose program "Brutus" will fight against world champions "junior"
>and other point programs like "Shredder", "Fritz" or Peter McKenzies "Warp" for
>the tournament victory. With the Live transmission of all portions over the
>Projektwebsite www.chess003.at and a multimedia appearance locally Chess003
>supplies the appropriate production to this event also. An extensive master
>program will round the meeting off. In addition belong the 1. European Union
>youth championship, Advances in computer Games Conference, computer Games
>Olympiad, the Styrian open (open steirische national championship in chess) and
>the prelude to the Austrian chess federal league as well as a prominent
>simultaneous Tournier against two Austrian top players.



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