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4th Computer Chess Tournament

Posted by timothy on from the what-about-computer-speed-chess dept.

An anonymous reader writes: "The 4th computer chess tournament is being held online at Internet Chess Club over the next two weekends. Over 50 chess programs are involved, from commercial engines to amateur homebrews. Most will be operated by their authors. Details at CCT4 homepage. Last tournament (CCT3) there was live commentary by titled human chess masters. If you're a fan of chess or computer chess programming, login to ICC this weekend as a guest and watch the action."

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  1. Chessmaster? by pgpckt · · Score: 1, Troll


    I always wondered why Chessmaster and other well known commonly avaliable commercial chess programs don't compete in these competitions. I would think it would provide:

    1) Great exposure for your program
    2) A great way to motivate your programming staff to work at 100%
    3) A way to show you are number 1

    And for the programmers, if you acutally win, it would seem one of those great things you can put on a resume.

    So why no chessmaster?

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  2. Bobby Fisher by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I would love to see a computer beat Bobby Fisher! Why? Because they never will.

  3. Re:Answers to all your questions... by Choose+Wisely · · Score: 0, Troll

    I can imagine that they don't have one because there's little future for it. I've been evaluating Linux's capabilities in a variety of environments, and I just don't see it.

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  4. Re:How long do the games last? by Choose+Wisely · · Score: 0, Troll

    I would assume it's because you're running it under GNU/Linucks. Perhaps you should try recompiling it with a much faster compiler for a commercially viable operating system?

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