Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:22:02 06/14/99
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On June 14, 1999 at 15:17:21, James Robertson wrote: >On June 14, 1999 at 14:51:41, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On June 14, 1999 at 13:49:15, James Robertson wrote: >> >>>On June 14, 1999 at 13:42:59, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On June 14, 1999 at 13:09:34, James Robertson wrote: >>>> >>>>>On June 14, 1999 at 12:44:08, Bruce Moreland wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On June 14, 1999 at 11:36:08, jose hernandez wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>[Event "WCCC99"] >>>>>>>[Site "Paderborn"] >>>>>>>[Date "1999.06.14"] >>>>>>>[Round "1"] >>>>>>>[White "LambChop"] >>>>>>>[Black "P.ConNerS"] >>>>>>>[Result "1-0"] >>>>>>> >>>>>>>1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. >>>>>>>Rxd1 Bxc5 9. a3 b5 10. b4 Bxb4 11. axb4 bxc4 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Nxc4 O-O 14. Nc3 >>>>>>>Rb8 15. Rb1 Bb7 16. Nd6 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. e4 Bc6 19. Bf4 Rfd8 20. f3 f6 21. >>>>>>>Rdc1 Ba4 22. Rc7 Rb6 23. Nc8 Rb8 24. Ne7+ Kf7 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 e5 27. Be3 >>>>>>>Ra8 28. Ra1 Rdb8 29. Rc7 Ke8 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. Ba7 h5 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. h4 Ke6 34. >>>>>>>Ra1 Kd6 35. Rac1 Ke7 36. R1c6 Ke8 37. g3 Kf7 38. Bc5 Kg6 39. Be7 Nb8 40. Rxf6+ >>>>>>>gxf6 41. Bxd8 a5 42. f4 exf4 43. gxf4 f5 44. bxa5 Rxa5 45. e5 Ra2+ 46. Ke3 Ra3+ >>>>>>>47. Kd4 Ra4+ 48. Kd5 Ra5+ 49. Rc5 Ra1 50. Rc8 Na6 51. Rc6+ Kh7 52. Ke6 Nb4 53. >>>>>>>Rc4 Rb1 54. Kf7 Nd5 55. e6 Rb8 1-0 >>>>>> >>>>>>Congratulations to Peter for this major upset. >>>>>> >>>>>>bruce >>>>> >>>>>I agree; this is an astonishing upset! >>>>> >>>>>James >>>> >>>> >>>>I don't think it is _that_ big an upset. Peter plays on ICC all the time, and >>>>as a result, I think he has a much more 'robust' program... Pconners does their >>>>testing privately, and I think this makes it much harder to have a 'solid' >>>>program for this event... >>>> >>>>Internet chess servers are the way to go... >>> >>>I suppose that is debatable, but P.ConNers _did_ win the Paderborn Open, and >>>that was only with 60 processors, if I remember right? >>> >>>James >> >> >>Yep, but the level of competition between that tournament and the WCCC are >>miles apart... > >So far, P.ConNers has only played one of the lower-seeded programs, so the >competition is _not yet_ miles apart. It did place 1 point higher than Nimzo, so >the competition cannot have been that bad. :) Wait until this event is over, then compare the top 4 from the event you mentioned and see where they end up here. I'll bet the average will be well below the 'top'...
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