Author: Graham Banks
Date: 18:34:15 01/26/06
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On January 26, 2006 at 21:25:58, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Hi all: >I am just returning from the coctail that was offered after the exciting match >that pitted Rybka against GM Ivan Morovic at two games, each 60 minutes + 30 >second per move. First game was a draw after interesting fireworks with even >theoretical novelties. Second game, Rybka black, was the most interesting game >human Vs machine I have ever seen, with Ivan throwing everything to win, burning >all the bridges and behaving courageously as Lord Raglan and the Light Brigade >in Bataclava did...with the same result. Eaten by lack of time, Morovic simply >was finally crushed by the program, still having near an hour of time as Morovic >had around 30 seconds..... >The match was very well attended, with almost every chess personality of the >country -except dead or sick- attending and commenting the games as they went >along. I met lot of friends of the community, laughed very much, analisedas mad >with almost every master there and had a wonderful evening even with a heat that >was all the time around 34 celsius degrees. >Ivan showed to be not only a great, darng player, but what is most important >-but I already knew that- a great human being, always humorous and disdainning >every advice to play that despicable thing called anti-computer chess. >-I play -he said to me- to entertain the friends that came here today and to get >fun myself, not just to get a miserable half point entrenched behind a line of >pawns.... >In the mean time Rybka became a celebrity in my country and I already received >petitions to let it play in a very important tournament that is performed ted >here all the years by a huge telecomunications company, Entel-Chile. >Now I am tired. Tomorrow I will try to show you the games with comments by >several of the master that attended this wonderful day. >I will try also to upload the photos I got. Hope you get fun. >Seeya later. >Fernando Looking forward to seeing the games Fernando. Well done again. Not just for setting up this match, but it seems for future possibilities also as you mentioned! Sleep well! Regards, Graham.
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