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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