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Subject: Re: [-] REBEL CENTURY versus GM Alejandro Hoffman [-]

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 12:35:59 09/01/99

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On September 01, 1999 at 09:28:18, odell hall wrote:

>On September 01, 1999 at 03:21:06, Ed Schröder wrote:
>
>>[-] REBEL CENTURY versus GM Alejandro Hoffman [-]
>>
>>Next saturday (september 4th) Rebel will play its 4th game in the Monthly
>>GM Challenge cycle.
>>
>>The Monthly GM Challenge is about real tournament games, the area
>>a grandmaster has the best chances to beat a computer.
>>
>>Start of the match on 16:00 Amsterdam time (10:00 New York time).
>>
>>Prize money:
>>
>>$500 if the grandmaster wins against REBEL.
>>$250 for a draw.
>>No prize money in case of a loss against REBEL.
>>
>>Hardware & Software REBEL
>>Program: Rebel Century
>>Opening book: as used in the World Championship in Paderborn.
>>PC: AMD K6-III 600 Mhz, 128Mb.
>>
>>Rebel will play with a new (experimental) time control that will focus on
>>the opponent clock.
>>
>>LIVE support of the game at http://www.rebel.nl/LOG.HTM
>>
>>The match also can be followed on ICC. Rebel company and ICC
>>agreed there is no payment required for this event.
>>URL: http://www.chessclub.com
>>
>>Schedule:
>>REBEL versus GM Alejandro Hoffman at September 4, 1999.
>>REBEL against Lithuania at September 18, 1999.
>>GM Ruslan Scherbakov versus REBEL at October 2, 1999.
>>GM Alexander Baburin versus REBEL at December 4, 1999.
>>
>>LINKS:
>
>
>
>
>DO me a favor Ed?  This time please pull of a Win, I know rebel is capable of
>it, just setup your opening book to lure the grandmaster into wild open tactical
>play. I want rebel to silence all the critics, go rebel, go rebel!!!


I doubt you'll find many here that _don't_ want Rebel to win.  Myself
included.  I'm pulling for the computer in every game. But I don't believe
it has a very good chance of winning, yet.  But Rebel has been playing well.
We'll see soon enough...




>>http://www.rebel.nl/gm.htm
>>http://www.chessclub.com
>>
>>Kind regards,
>>
>>Ed Schroder



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