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Congratulations! Very interesting. Do you know if some of the lines and moves played were found on your 8/16 core machine?

Congratulations!

I am running Sigma 6.1 Lite on HIARCS 12.1MP on an Intel MacBook OS 10.4.11. I thought this program was supposed to play at Grandmaster strength but the games I have played against it have been disappointing. I just played a game and it took the computer 59 moves to mate me. I am not that strong a ...

perhaps those involved in the use of Hyper-threading could explain how it does not breach the "Spirit" of the Core Limit rule in addition to not violating the "Letter "of the rule Very simple: The core limit rule is a restriction on hardware while the use of hyper treading is es...

This is not about odds, it's about the same rules being applied to everyone. By your definition then there is already a handicap since all engines do not use the same algorithms. As I said before, Rybka Cluster is not being Handicaped, it is not being allowed to play. I think Uri Blass said it best...

I was just applying your definition to the situation. According to each of the definitions you gave any engine that have worse odds after the rule change, has been handicapped by the new rules.

Personally I actually think the 8core rule might have handicapped Hiarcs to!

To "Handicap" means to place at a disadvantage. So please explain to us how any advantage or disadvantage is being imposed when everyone has to play by the same rules . I don't see any one player being singled out here, do you? I really like definition 2a . Does playing by the rules makes...

I vote 27.-,d4

Though Hiarcs did not have its fair share of luck, I think Hiarcs performance was very impressively until something went wrong in the last game. Even during the last game I thought Hiarcs just was sailing though and that the issue was if it would end at a score of 7.0/9 (unshared 2nd place) or 6.5/9...

The players meeting just finished. In the first round Rybka is playing white against Deep Sjeng. The game is scheduled to start in one hour.

Todays games are:

Rybka vs. Deep Sjeng
Joker vs. Deep Junior
Hiarcs vs. Equinox
Pandix 2009 vs. Shredder
Jonny vs. The Baron

To me g6 just looks wrong and goes against standard chess theory. The traditional human view is that g6 is weakening the king position prematurely. The traditional view is the its usually best to postpone creating the weakness. I would definitely be very reluctant in playing 22.-,g6 I am also concer...

Good we moved! I would have also have voted 21.-Bd8 . My main line is 22. Rg3 Bb6 23. Qxb4 Qa7 24.Bxb6 Nxb6 25. Bb5 Qa2+ 26. Kc1 and now I think 26.-Na4! holds for black. The line 26... d5 27. exd5 Nd6 28. Qxd6 Rfc8+ looks good for black but white can sacrifice the Queen with 29.Qc6 and black is wor...

I vote 18.-Rxa2!! From a human perspective I think the move deserves two exclamation marks. From a superficial point of view the rook sacrifice is like a lightening from a clear sky!

The most likely answer is 19.Nc1!

I vote 17.-Rxa4

even if I think 15...a4 is safer for black, I vote for 15...Bxb3 too... sometimes like in bridge you have to bluff in chess too (I am confident white won't play the best moves :-)) Eros. Why do you think 15.-Bxb3 bluffing??? 15.-a4 is highly complicated and a true hair raising wilderness that not s...