Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:32:01 01/07/00
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On January 07, 2000 at 09:08:07, Thorsten Greiner wrote: >On January 06, 2000 at 20:41:26, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>My data is rather incomplete. Perhaps this will help a little. >> ... >> >>[Event "ACM1"] >>[Site ""] >>[Date "1988.??.??"] >>[Round "?"] >>[White "COMP Cray Blit"] >>[Black "COMP Challenger "] >>[Result "0-1"] >>[ECO "B35"] >>[Opening "Sicilian"] >>[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation (with Bc4) "] >> >>1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 Qa5 >>8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Qf3 Ne5 12. Qe2 Rac8 13. Rad1 Qa6 14. >>Qxa6 bxa6 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nh5 19. Nf3 Bc6 20. >>Rd4 Rxd4 21. Nxd4 Bb7 22. e6 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 fxe6 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Ne2 g5 >>26. c3 Kf7 27. Kf2 Kg6 28. Bxa7 Nf4 29. Nxf4+ gxf4 30. Bd4 Kf5 31. Bc5 Kf6 >>32. c4 e5 33. b4 Bc6 34. Bb6 e4 35. Bd4+ e5 36. Bb2 e3+ 37. Kg1 Kf5 38. c5 >>e4 39. Bc1 Bb5 40. Kh1 Ke6 41. Kg1 Kd5 42. a4 Bxa4 43. g3 e2 44. Kf2 f3 45. >>Bd2 Kd4 46. g4 Bc6 47. Bf4 Kd3 48. b5 axb5 49. Bh6 b4 0-1 > >Cray Blitz lost to a (presumably) Chess Challenger? When I think of the hardware >differences, I can hardly believe this. Bob? It definitely happened. We were running on new hardware. And during that game, we had massive problems. Turns out one cpu forgot how to multiply by a -1, which screwed things up. By the time we realized the hardware was bad, and moved to another machine, we were dead lost. There was no provision in the rules for re-starting a game, although we were allowed to change machines when it became obvious that it was broken (it was rebooted, but we couldn't log in, then it wouldn't even reboot, etc.) We always ran on hardware that had just came off the production floor, and was in a 'burn-in booth'. Unfortunately, from time to time, we "burned in" the machine more than we wanted. That was life in the fast-lane. Leading edge often becomes bleeding edge at a critical point...
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