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16th World Computer Chess Championship In Progress

Posted by timothy on from the all-the-hipsters-are-there dept.

vmartell writes "The 16th World Computer Chess Championship is now in progress in Beijing, as part of the Computer Games Championship. Currently in the lead are Rybka 3.0, recognized as the world's strongest chess engine and Hiarcs, another commercial engine. Another curiosity is a Java ME based engine running on a Nokia phone, which is currently being trounced by the other engines. A very interesting sideline: before the computer tournament, a Women's Grandmaster played two games against Rybka. The result? Rybka won both games!"

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  1. Fish by setagllib · · Score: 2, Funny

    Transliterated back into Russian, Rybka means Fish. Maybe I don't know the joke, but I've never known fish to be particularly strong chess players.

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    Sam ty sig.
  2. Re:Women's grandmaster? by jadin · · Score: 1, Funny

    Maybe it's to give us guys a chance?

  3. The human aspect... by Ostracus · · Score: 2, Funny

    "So in other words, it's not the the number of cycles you have, but how you use them."

    That's what she said.

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    Shai Schticks:"You don't make peace with friends, you make peace with enemies"
  4. Re:Women's grandmaster? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    > I have never considered income to be directly proportional to intelligence.

    Nobody said it was, which is lucky for you or you'd have to pay the boss to go to work.