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Subject: Re: Paderborn day 1 : all surprises !

Author: Ryan B.

Date: 17:13:57 12/27/05

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On December 27, 2005 at 19:52:05, Graham Banks wrote:

>Don't be surprised if Spike maintains its strong performance.
>Some contacts of mine (who shall remain anonymous) actually predicted many
>months ago that Spike would take out this tournament!
>To be honest, I didn't think it would finish in the top four ahead of the touted
>big four, but we could well see an upset!
>
>Regards, Graham.

Even with some exaggerated positional values and mishandling of material
imbalances the last spike was very strong.  I do not know for sure how strong
Spike 1.1 is but I would not be shocked if it has become a top engine.

Ryan



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