Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:
Aside from joking,it's one of the greatest tournaments I've witnessed so far and I am old as the Pyramids when it comes to computer chess....THANKS
Dr.D
For us CM nerds it's great fun I agree!
To others it will be seen as a complete waste of time.
I remember the day when Axel Schumacher came up with some great personalities
Hope one day he does another cameo
Axel, Jason Kent and Wilhelm Hudetz all used to come up with some good ones.
I love the powerful engines as well as anyone but sometimes i still "wax poetic" about the old days in computer chess
I old enough to still have saved my collection of the printed "Computer Chess Reports". One issue was about Chessmaster finally making it to the big leagues with a 2400 rating
I think de Koning started with CM on version 4000.
Nope,with Chessmaster 2000
Dr.D
_No one can hit as hard as life.But it ain’t about how hard you can hit.It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.How much you can take and keep moving forward….
Intel Q6600 Quad Core
Fritz 11 GUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Variety.ctg book (with 12 move limit)
40 moves in 32 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles 82 rounds (split between Graham and Ray)
The settings for each of the teams were chosen by the authors themselves. The invitation teams were selected by Graham.
Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:
Aside from joking,it's one of the greatest tournaments I've witnessed so far and I am old as the Pyramids when it comes to computer chess....THANKS
Dr.D
For us CM nerds it's great fun I agree!
To others it will be seen as a complete waste of time.
I remember the day when Axel Schumacher came up with some great personalities
Hope one day he does another cameo
Axel, Jason Kent and Wilhelm Hudetz all used to come up with some good ones.
I love the powerful engines as well as anyone but sometimes i still "wax poetic" about the old days in computer chess
I old enough to still have saved my collection of the printed "Computer Chess Reports". One issue was about Chessmaster finally making it to the big leagues with a 2400 rating
I think de Koning started with CM on version 4000.
Nope,with Chessmaster 2000
Dr.D
Nope, chessmaster 2000 was Dave Kittinger
Chessmaster 2100 and 3000 : Spracklens
Chessmaster 4000 and above : Johan De Koning
Dr.Wael Deeb wrote: I am old as the Pyramids ....
Dr.D
I built them .
Matthias.
_No one can hit as hard as life.But it ain’t about how hard you can hit.It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.How much you can take and keep moving forward….
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