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Subject: Re: CSS-Online-Masters-2003/04 begins today!

Author: enrico carrisco

Date: 15:00:01 12/11/03

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On December 11, 2003 at 09:52:12, CLiebert wrote:

>It will be conducted in a special tournament room on the Fritz8 Playchess server
>(www.schach.de). Most participants are using the Fritz8 interface, which allows
>he engines to play automatically online. The tournament will go on until March.
>News, results and games will be constantly published in the CSS Online Masters
>room of the Playchess server and on this site.
>
>There are 36 participants in 6 groups of 6 programs which were entered by users.
>Level: 60 minutes per game + 15s per move (fisher-clock). 20 programs will
>qualify from the first round. Each group will play a double round robin, which
>means that each program will play 10 games. In the next round there will be 4
>groups of five programs each. Once again they will play a double round robin,
>i.e. 8 games for each program. The first and second of each group play four
>games in the quarterfinals against each other. The winners play the semifinals
>and the finals.
>
>Last years winner was Christian Goralski (Gandalf6), Stefan Kleinert (CM8000)
>got the title 2001/02. Will Gandalf6 defend its title? A lot of Players are
>using latest engines with the very best hardware so the Masters will be the
>strongest computerchess-tournament ever played. A lot of brand new beta-versions
>will play, some of them for the very first time in public - Fritz8 Graz, Goliath
>X, Aristarch X, List X, Yace X or Quark X!
>
>The frist game Fritz vs. Deep Junior starts in two hours from now!
>
>Have fun!
>
>Christian Liebert
>
>
>
>All Details you´ll find here:
>http://www.beepworld.de/members39/computerschach2/

When many of the authors weren't even contacted about suggestions for their
engine's competition, this claim of the "strongest computerchess-tournament ever
played" seems to be missing a very important element.

-elc.



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