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Subject: Re: Bilbao - Father

Author: Barry Culp

Date: 13:44:13 11/23/05

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On November 23, 2005 at 16:38:38, Uri Blass wrote:

>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 is not important if they use playchess
>If they use the chessbase gui they have a problem.
>
>I can beat programs on time on the chessbase gui near move 256.
>
>Unfortunately ponomariov did not continue to block the position by h5 but played
>g5 so we could not see it.
>
>Uri


Uri

You missed the point (again)
Why would they be using chessbase GUI ?
Make no sense



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