Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 10:45:32 05/17/99
[-] REBEL 10.5 vs GM Rohde [-]
The CHESS 2010 POLL clearly shows that people consider
Man versus Machine games to be more important than Computer
versus Computer.
Due to the absence of strong Man versus Machine
competitions Rebel company wants to introduce a new
initiative called The Monthly GM Challenge.
The goal is that REBEL plays one LIVE tournament
game against a grandmaster once a month. Live
coverage including Rebel analysis via the Rebel Home
Page.
Prizes: * $500 if the grandmaster wins against REBEL.
* $250 for a draw.
* No prize money in case of a loss against REBEL.
We challenge every chess player with an official
FIDE grandmaster title to take the bite and play our
program. You can contact us by email at Mail to
REBEL. Acceptance of entries is done in the order we
receive them.
The first game is scheduled on Saturday May 22, 1999
against GM Michael Rohde well known from the Man versus
Machine Harvard Cup events.
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Biographical information Michael Rohde
Known for his aggressive attacking style, Michael Rohde
became a Grandmaster in 1988, and writes the column "Game
of the Month" for Chess Life. Michael won the brilliancy
prize in 3 consecutive U.S. Championships, from 1986
through 1988. In 1991, he took first place in the strongest
ever U.S. Open.
A former National Junior High, National High School and U.S.
Junior Champion, Rohde has tied for first in the World Open,
and captured the New York State Championship, the Marshall
Chess Club and Manhattan Chess Club Championships, and numerous
other titles.
Currently among the top 20 players in the U.S., Michael has
been ranked withing the top 5 in the country and top 60 in the
world. Michael is the author of two books on chess openings -
"The Great Evans Gambit Debate"(Thinkers' Press 1997) and "Play
the Sveshnikov!" (HaysPublishing 1998).
Michael works with GM-elect Maurice Ashley on the popular
chess educational website ChessWise and has been active in
numerous other internet chess activities, including
commentating on the 1997 and 1998 U.S. Championships for the
US Chess Federation website, and conducting his own site.
Michael participated each year in the "Harvard Cup" series of
GM vs. computer events, several times finishing first among the
GMs. Mr. Rohde also is an attorney specializing in the field
of federal tax controversy, and lives with his family in New
York City.
* Download 378 games of GM Rohde.
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Hardware & Software REBEL
* Program: Rebel Paderborn edition (workname Rebel 10.5).
* Opening book: as used in the World Championship in Paderborn.
* EOC database setting: Use is STRONG.
* PC: Pentium-II 450 Mhz, 128Mb.
* Other settings will be revealed during the game.
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Conditions
* The game is scheduled on Saturday May 22 10:00 New York /
16:00 Amsterdam time.
* The time control is 40 moves in 2 hours and then one hour
for the rest of the game so a game can not take longer than
6 hours.
* Move transmission via the Internet Chess Club.
* It should be guaranteed that both players can not lose on
time due to problems (time loss) with the move transmission
over the net. These games are meant to give some light on the
current state of art of the on-going Man versus Machine
event and should reflect a normal face-to-face event. For
that purpose an arbiter is appointed and his decisions will
be final.
* The arbiter is Enrique Irazoqui former chief editor of the
"Computer Chess Reports" magazine. For the first game
(against GM Rohde) the arbiter will toss for the color Rebel
will play. For all next games Rebel will play the opposite
color each time.
* To ensure fair play the arbiter is send the Rebel version before
the game is started and the arbiter will check all moves
played by Rebel. Another (second) arbiter is installed at
the place of the grandmaster, the normal rules apply.
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LIVE support
LIVE support of the game at http://www.rebel.nl/LOG.HTM
You DO NOT have to press the REFRESH button of your browser
to get an update as the page is automatically refreshed after
60 seconds.
Programmer Ed Schröder will be available on REBEL-BOARD for
comments during the game.
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Kind regards,
Ed Schroder
http://www.rebel.nl
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