Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 21:46:41 10/17/97
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On October 17, 1997 at 15:09:38, Howard Exner wrote: >Faster Hardware at an event like this can be a double >edged sword. It will allow the program to search deeper >but at the same time no programmer would feel all that great >if their program would lose often to the slower hardware >competitors. Recall all the praise Fritz received for beating >Deep Thought and Wchess for drawing it a few years back. Yes, there is risk involved since every time you lose people wonder how this is possible. It is very possible. >Hoping all the participants have a good time and looking forward >to the games, always hard fought with no lousy GM draws. There won't be any GM draws. The tournament director will make you play on until the game is very obviously a draw. This is a good thing, you don't have to worry about whether you should accept a draw offer, you just play until the position is completely dead. bruce
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