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Subject: Re: Zappa-Ehlvest

Author: Vasik Rajlich

Date: 01:29:40 07/05/05

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On July 04, 2005 at 15:06:13, Zappa wrote:

>So, it does look like Zappa-Ehlvest will happen.  Will Singleton offered to
>sponsor a match back in April, and after a good deal of negotiation and emailing
>the match is on :)  I'm pretty happy, as I didn't ever think I'd get to play a
>GM, so a big thanks to Will.
>
>There will be 4 games at classical time control, starting at 11:00 EDT Wed-Sat
>(6-9 July).
>
>I feel Zappa is slightly favored in the match, but I don't expect Ehlvest to
>play suicide chess like Adams (I think that *I* could manage to score 0.5 / 6.0
>vs Hydra, and I'm rated 1800 or so :), so I expect the result to be close.  In
>fact I'm quite curious to see what kind of chess Ehlvest will play.
>
>I'll be online during the games at ICC, so if you want to stop by and take a
>look and say hi, feel free.  There should be a few GMs stopping by to analyze
>the chess aspects as well, or you can put up with my 1800 level analysis.
>
>anthony

Cool! Yes, I agree with this assessment - Zappa should be a slight favorite.

If you want an Adams-Hydra type score, you'll need to increase your hardware
around 8x or so.

Vas




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