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Subject: Re: Live on ICC | Rybka v HIarcs10 | 4+2 blitz

Author: Andreas Guettinger

Date: 05:55:12 12/18/05

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On December 18, 2005 at 08:31:01, Lin Harper wrote:

>On December 18, 2005 at 04:02:43, George Sobala wrote:
>
>>Currently playing on ICC:
>>
>>Rybka 1.0 Beta 32-bit on 1.6GHz Pentium M
>>v
>>Hiarcs-10 on Mac 2.5GHz G5
>>
>>Playing a sequence of 4+2 blitz games
>>
>>Hiarcs is using its tournament book
>>Rybka is using the big Fruit book
>>
>>Although the processor speeds are fairly different, the Pentium M is a very good
>>chess CPU and I think the hardware is actually very evenly matched, probably to
>>within 10%
>>
>>Logon to ICC and "observe Fishlet" (which is obviously Rybka)
>>
>>Warning: I won't be watching this continuously, and it is possible that Rybka
>>may do what it did yesterday and blow up after 9 games, thereafter refusing to
>>move and forfeiting games. Take this into consideration when looking at the
>>match history and deciding the outcome!
>
> What makes you sure Fishlet is Rybka, or for that matter the other one is
> Hiarcs10? Neither say so in the finger notes. Rybka plays in ICC under the
>handle of "TheSource", from what I hear.
>  L

Because he operates the computers?

regards
Andy



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