Author: Uri Blass
Date: 08:58:01 11/20/05
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On November 20, 2005 at 11:32:32, Uri Blass wrote: >On November 20, 2005 at 10:29:00, Jouni Uski wrote: > >>On November 20, 2005 at 09:44:53, Eduard Nemeth wrote: >> >>>On November 20, 2005 at 09:42:02, S J J wrote: >>> >>>>On November 20, 2005 at 09:34:55, Eduard Nemeth wrote: >>>> >>>>>Broadcast live on "playchess.com". >>>>> >>>>>Today: >>>>> >>>>>Hydra vs. Ponomariov >>>>>Fritz vs Khalifman >>>>>Junior vs. Kasimdzhanov >>>>> >>>>>Further infos see on chessbase.de. >>>>> >>>>>BTW, Fritz will played only on a notebook as replay with tournament site and >>>>>Fritz-Server. >>>> >>>>Does anyone have the results from last year and the participants? >>> >>>8,5:3,5 for the Computers. >> >>And there was Topalov. I expect 10:2 this year. It's long time from "computers >>are not GM: Bob" times :-) >> >>Jouni > >The question if GM's can play better. > >I hope that they can do it. >I think that they should play for a draw and take a win only if they are lucky. > >Kasimdzhanov seem to play closed position against hydra and it is probably good. >He does not need to win against hydra because draw with black is not bad. > >Maybe he can even win on time by having a long game of more than 256 moves. >I think that chessbase clearly deserve losing on time because they did not fix >the bug of losing on time after more than 256 moves and they will not going to >learn to fix the bug unless they lose a game in important tournament. > >They do not care when pablo beat engines on time with 260-270 moves. >Perhaps if a GM does it to them they will care abour it. > >Note that the problem is simply a bug in the interface that does not send >correct time after more than 256 moves so the engine believes that it has more >time then it really has and lose on time. > >Uri I wonder if 20...h5 was not a practical mistake of kasim after 19.h3 maybe he had better chances to win by 68...h6 118..h5 168...h4 218...a6 268...winning on time thanks to chessbase interface bug. I do not know if there is a faster practical way to win for humans against hydra in this position but I admit that I have no experience in this type of positions so I do not know. Uri
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