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Junior Wins Computer Chess, Fritz Crashes Out

Posted by simoniker on from the herbie-upset dept.

bryan writes "'Junior' has regained the title of best computer chess program for 2004. Deep Junior previously drew Gary Kasparov 3-3 last year. From chessbase.com: 'Two programs went into the final round with equal scores: title defender Shredder and the home team of Junior. Interestingly it was another Israeli program that brought Junior the overall victory: Falcon held Shredder to a draw, while Junior demolished ParSOS.'" But, more interestingly: "The other favourite in the field, Fritz, did not have a good tournament. In round three it lost a very promising position against Falcon on time, when the computer froze and the operator did not notice this soon enough."

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  1. deep junior by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    just ate my shit...oops!

  2. World War 2... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The other favourite in the field, Fritz, did not have a good tournament. In round three it lost a very promising position against Falcon on time, when the computer froze and the operator did not notice this soon enough."

    So let me get this straight, the nazi computer crashed and lost to the jew computer? Damn zionest consperacies are everywhere. ;)