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Subject: Re: Bilbao - Father

Author: Otello Gnaramori

Date: 00:30:55 11/24/05

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On November 23, 2005 at 17:41:58, Graham Banks wrote:

>On November 23, 2005 at 16:01:30, Otello Gnaramori 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 "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
>
>
>How can you be legendary when you lose most of your games?
>
>Graham.

"legendary" in ironic sense... have you read Don Quixote by Cervantes ?

w.b.r.
Otello



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