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Subject: Re: Bilbao - Father

Author: Graham Banks

Date: 01:52:22 11/24/05

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On November 24, 2005 at 03:30:55, Otello Gnaramori wrote:

>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


:-) Graham.



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