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Subject: Re: Live computer chess tournament at UAB? Bob?

Author: Sean Empey

Date: 03:50:09 07/18/04

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On July 18, 2004 at 06:48:29, Sean Empey wrote:

>On July 17, 2004 at 21:49:27, Anthony Cozzie wrote:
>
>>On July 17, 2004 at 21:25:37, Sean Empey wrote:
>>
>>>On July 17, 2004 at 21:00:50, Sean Empey wrote:
>>>
>>>>On July 17, 2004 at 20:56:15, Sean Empey wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On July 17, 2004 at 11:38:32, Andrew Wagner wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Bob, do you think UAB would be interested/willing to host such an event? Say,
>>>>>>sometime next summer?
>>>>>
>>>>>My corporation would be amenable to host it. No guarantees but I can possibly
>>>>>provide 3-4 quad machines (Intel, the 8-way opteron is off hands), to participants and unlimited PIV 3.06 systems.
>>>>>
>>>>>-Sean
>>>>
>>>>On another note I can offer base housing or housing at my home. Northern
>>>>California, USA. (McClellan AFB). I may also persuade the rest of the Board of Directors to foot the bill.
>>>>
>>>>-Sean
>>>
>>>We also have 20-25 Quad or 8-ways running Xeon 500 or 550's which are slated for
>>>destruction, so those can be used also. All quads HAVE 4GB ram respectively.
>>>After ranting the least I could do is pony up. Just an offer from someone who is
>>>against equal hardware and wants to make comp chess more noticeable.
>>>
>>>-Sean
>>
>>Sadly, I don't think we have any parallel US engines aside from yours and
>>Crafty.
>>
>>anthony
>
>
>They are more than happy to use the PIV Intel's. If I'm given notice before hand
>I can have the flavor of OS installed
>they preferr on them. By then we _may_ have more Opteron's available for use.
>But this would not be an equal hardware venture. More like the technology defunt
>WCCC, except I would have live game watch, updates, replays via an ICS for free.
>All comp-Comp games woulo be automated.
>
>_sean


On a side note I wpould hope to attract non US authors.



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