Author: Anatoli
Date: 01:48:30 12/01/99
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I am absolutely sure that Steve will beat both programs. According to my opinion , if these programes play by e-mail there ratings would be around 2300. On November 30, 1999 at 12:25:37, Stephen Ham wrote: >PRESS RELEASE OF NOVEMBER 30, 1999. > >A correspondence chess challenge match will begin on December 1, 1999 matching >USCF Senior Master Steve Ham (ICCF rated 2508) of Minneapolis, Minnesota against >two top chess engines, Nimzo 7.32 and the just-released Fritz 6. This match >will consist of 2-game matches; each chess engine gets one white >and one black vs. their human opponent. ChessBase USA company will >provide the chess engines and computer (Compaq Presario 5461 Pentium III 500 >MHz. with 64MB RAM of which 48MB RAM is dedicated to the chess engine) for the >match. Don Maddox (President of ChessBase USA) will personally supervise the >operation of the computer. These games will be played as correspondence chess >games, offering us an opportunity to see how well the best chess >engines coupled with one of the fastest computers can perform under these >conditions. > >The match was inspired by a discussion on The Correspondence Chess Message Board >(TCCMB) at: > >http://www.correspondencechess.com/bbs/ > >where discussion centered both upon the effects of computer chess engines in >correspondence chess and how much help a computer can offer a player in cc >events. Senior Master Ham will play without the assistance of a chess engine >and the computer chess engines will play without human assistance. > >These two 2-game matches can be followed "live" via the Internet. The moves of >the two games between Steve Ham and Nimzo 7.32 will be posted on the main page >of The Campbell Report web site at: > >http://correspondencechess.com/campbell/ > >with frequent detailed notes added by SM Ham explaining the games as they >progress. The two games vs. Fritz 6 can be followed at the ChessBase USA web >site at: > >http://www.chessbaseusa.com/ > >with light notes by SM Ham. Join us by following this sensational >match between a top correspondence chess competitor and two of the >most respected chess engines. It should be a great sporting event and, >with Steve Ham's notes, it should also be highly educational. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---------- > >J. Franklin Campbell (Mason, Michigan USA) >email: franklin@voyager.net, work: fcampbell@siweb.com >"The Campbell Report": http://correspondencechess.com/campbell/ >Webmaster for APCT: http://correspondencechess.com/apct/ >Webmaster for CJA: http://correspondencechess.com/cja/ >Webmaster for ICCF-U.S.: http://www.iccfus.com/ >ICCF Press Officer
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