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Subject: Re: Man vs Machine Match

Author: Joachim Rang

Date: 15:11:59 12/12/05

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On December 12, 2005 at 17:47:28, Ted Summers wrote:

>There is a Man vs Machine match going on at the link below:
>
>http://forums.ubi.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/760105752/m/8891032683
>
>The rules are state below:
>
>• 2-3 days/move for us humans to decide on a move.
>• 30 minutes/move for the computer to decide on a move.
>• Chess Engine will be Rybka (Without Opening Books).
>• Humans shouldn't use chess engines for analysis.
>• Humans should not be allowed to consult opening books and/or databases.
>• Two games will be played simultaneously (One with Black and the other with
>White).
>• Candidate Moves will be discussed and anyone who wants a say in the final move
>needs to give evidence that their move is best (i.e. analysis or a positional
>evaluation). All analysis has to be considered correct unless it can be refuted,
>while evaluations of the position can be disputed.
>• In case we can't come to a consensus between two or more moves, we would have
>to have a vote.
>• In case a tie still exists, we do a heads or tails for Tiebreak. I (System
>Operator) will take the candidate moves give it a heads or tails tag, post the
>choices in a password protected Zip or Rar file for download and release the
>password once the vote is in.
>
>Hardware:
>
>HP Pavilion
>PIV 3.0 Ghz (HT)
>1.5 Gig Ram
>
>Software:
>
>Rybka 1.0 Beta 32-bit
>GUI Fritz 9
>Opening Book = None
>Tablebases = None
>Hashtables = 750 Megs


If rybka was given a small book I would bet on a win by Rybka. It is hard to
agree on the best move via a forum especially if you can't back up your analysis
by comps. But if you manage to secure a convenient position out of the opening
may be possible to reach a draw (well it depends on the humans which choose the
moves but I doubt that GMs will participate).

regards

Joachim



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