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Computer Chess Programs Vie "Live" For World Championship

Posted by Soulskill on from the too-bad-deep-blue-moved-to-iceland dept.

Alex Laburu writes "The 17th World Computer Chess Championship is taking place in Pamplona through the 18th of May. As of this writing, Rybka (winner of the last two editions) is ahead of the pack and playing Shredder to consolidate its lead over Junior. You can watch the games live or otherwise follow the tournament asynchronously on the standings page, where you'll also find information about the hardware used by various teams."

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  1. Not a real World Championship by Skuto · · Score: 4, Informative

    They restricted the hardware to 8 cores. As a result, the best programs, like those who run over clusters, are not playing.

    Supposedly, this was to make money not a factor. In reality, some very nice expensive dual Nehalems are in action.