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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. Completely off-topic by mewsenews · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Dear Slashdot Admin,

    What did you just do to tags? I previously ignored them, and now I am ignoring them at two or three times the size they were a few hours ago.

    To add insult to injury, I just disabled "display tags" in my user preferences and they haven't gone away! What the hell?!

    -Dave

    1. Re:Completely off-topic by QuantumG · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      http://www.quantumg.net/slashdot-lameness.png

      They need to test their shit before pushing it to the live website too.

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  2. Milk and Cookies by Philotic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Queen to Bishop 6. Check.