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Subject: Re: Bilbao - Father

Author: Otello Gnaramori

Date: 13:01:30 11/23/05

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On November 23, 2005 at 15:54:14, Barry Culp wrote:

>On November 23, 2005 at 15:35:51, Henrik Dinesen wrote:
>
>>On November 23, 2005 at 15:28:15, Sune Larsson wrote:
>>
>>>On November 23, 2005 at 15:20:11, Ovidio Santistevan wrote:
>>>
>>>>Looking at the results, as of today, the programs are clerly ahead in this
>>>>tourn.:
>>>>People    2.5
>>>>Programs  6.5
>>>>Now, if these strong GMs had spent some time analyzing Father's games against
>>>>programs, the results might have been different: they could have learned how to
>>>>play against machines...
>>>>Just a thought.
>>>
>>> You mean like Ponomariov in today's round? Pono was clearly uninterested in
>>>playing chess...
>>>
>>>/S
>>
>>Also, would it be possible, with general success, to use that strategy with
>>normal TC, and still make the progs loose on time (in superior positions) ?
>>
>>Henrik
>
>
>I think the anti-computer chess used by "Father" on playchess has several flaws.
>It depends in large part on
>
>a) the comp program losing on time violation
>
>  OR
>
>b) the comp program losing around move 256 due to a bug / limitation in the
>Chessbase GUI
>
>When "Father" recently played Zappa in a 60min+15sec he lost all 3 games that I
>saw. IMHO he has very little chance to win in long time formats. Draws are
>possible if the postition becomes very blockaded. I found it amusing that
>"Father" commented today on playchess speculating that Junior would lose its
>game in 256 moves. I guess he assumed that the CB GUI bug was everywhere. Of
>course if the players at Bilbao were using playchess then there wouldnt be any
>need for a site relay would there Father ?
>
>LMAO

This "Father" guy is legendary...I remember that in a previous post I was
comparing him to Don Quixote against the Windmills.

w.b.r.
Otello





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