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Subject: Re: Russek Rebel game is drawn :(. Rebel needs faster machine and we need.?

Author: Charles Milton Ling

Date: 21:19:13 12/30/99

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On December 30, 1999 at 23:25:24, hgkjhg wrote:

>Why don't you learn to play chess without using rebel.  In the endgame, no
>program would've beat an im.  Nf5 was a mistake.  It doesn't says that much
>about rebel's game (it's not necessarily bad), but all these gm challenges are
>kind of pathetic.  Russek got a lost position after less than 15 moves twice in
>a row.  Most of the drawn games didn't show much fighting or skills from either
>opponent because of the book.  Rebel's opponents should get nothing for a draw,
>but a lot more for a win.
>And is your uscf rating something like 100?
>oh, and happy new year

Pardon me, but I do not believe that no program would have been able to convert
this tangible advantage.  (Note: I am saying "believe", not "know", although I
would love to.)
Happy New Year to you, too!
(Thank God I have no USCF rating - it might have been estimated as two-digit.)
Charley



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