Author: walter irvin
Date: 13:20:51 08/01/99
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On August 01, 1999 at 06:59:55, Ed Schröder wrote: > [-] GM Rohde versus REBEL 10.5 [-] > > 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 has introduced a new > initiative called The Monthly GM Challenge. > > The goal is that REBEL plays one LIVE tournament > game against a grandmaster each month. Live coverage > including Rebel analysis via the Rebel Home Page and > the ICC. > > 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. Acceptance of > entries is done in the order we receive them. > > The third game is scheduled on Saturday August 14, 1999 > against GM Michael Rohde well known from the Man versus > Machine Harvard Cup events. > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > 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. > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > 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: AMD K6-III 600 Mhz, 128Mb. > * Other settings will be revealed during the game. > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Conditions > > * The game is scheduled on Saturday August 14 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. > > * 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. > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > 180 seconds. > > The match also can be followed on ICC. Rebel company and ICC > agreed there is no payment required for this event. > > Programmer Ed Schröder will be available on REBEL-BOARD for > comments during the game. > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > >Schedule: > >GM Michael Rohde versus REBEL at August 14, 1999. >REBEL versus GM Alejandro Hoffman at September 4, 1999. >GM Ruslan Scherbakov versus REBEL at October 2, 1999. >GM Alexander Baburin versus REBEL at December 4, 1999. > >LINKS: > >http://www.rebel.nl/gm.htm >http://www.chessclub.com > >Kind regards, > >Ed Schroder SURE HOPE REBEL WINS THIS TIME ,the problem i see with this match is really the human has all the things in his favor . #1 he has the advantage of being able to play lots of games against rebel to prepare ,thats a huge advantage right there . i think the only way to win a situation like this is to change some settings on rebel opening book ect,otherwise you will be stepping into pre game study .
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