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World Computer Chess Championships Underway

Posted by timothy on from the hushed-crowd dept.

azaris writes "While the FIDE World Championships for human players in Tripoli, Libya are down to the last two contestants, the computers are playing their own 12th World Computer Chess Championship in Ramat-Gan, Israel. How will the open source chess engine Crafty do against the proprietary closed engines? Will the computers play more interesting chess than their human counterparts?"

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  1. In soviet russia.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ..computer plays you, and gets first post!

  2. fp? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    frost pist

  3. A chess posting on slashdot ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why not post something about open source, RIAA or Microsoft while you're at it ?!

  4. Re:USA? by Ratfactor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Just out of curiosity, what would you consider to be a genuine USAian last name? Washington, Jefferson, or Franklin?

  5. Pablo... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    where have you been...honey??

    Keeping yourself clean?

  6. Re:Yay, first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So you're a fucking douche then? Good to hear.

  7. [OT] Google Killer? by RKBA · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Somewhat off topic (Slashdot would probably reject it, so I'll just put it right here instead) but nonetheless very interesting, is a news announcement on the Chessbase.com website that:
    China Communications Corporation ... has been set up in partnership with China Daily, one of the biggest Internet portals in China. The goal is to launch the world's most comprehensive online business database, which will be equipped with a proprietary search engine to provide information on tens of millions of businesses located throughout America, China and the rest of the world. The search engine, which is currently being patented worldwide, uses Artificial Intelligence technology to interpret the meaning of words and provide more relevant and in-depth results than conventional searches.

    "Acoona's Artificial Intelligence Technology will elevate Search Engine performance to a new unprecedented level," said Eckhard Pfeiffer former CEO of Compaq Computer and Chairman of China Communications Corp.'s Board of Consultants.

    Acoona will launch in the US and China in December 2004.

    If successful, could this be a Google killer, or do you think Google already has this well in hand?

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  8. They aren't pretty by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Just played few some of the games from the 1st round and they sure aren't pretty.