Author: James Robertson
Date: 15:05:00 06/14/99
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On June 14, 1999 at 17:22:02, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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'... Of course it will be; that is why my previous post said _not yet_. :) James
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