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Post by Harvey Williamson »

Hello All,

Our opening competition is nearing an end and someone will soon be the owner of a nice new wooden £250 Chess Computer.

We are hoping to hold regular competitions on this forum for our members with some nice prizes.

If anybody has any ideas about the type of contests, the format they should take or has any ideas for questions etc please let me know.

You can post ideas in this thread or you can let me now by Private Message.

Best Wishes,

Harvey
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Post by Steve B »

Hi Harvey
For The Next Contest...

How About another position From Mark in which the members have to identify the Game and the Players involved?

Mark's "Positions Of The Week" seem to be quite popular

Members opinions?

Best
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Post by Terry McCracken »

Steve B wrote:Hi Harvey
For The Next Contest...

How About another position From Mark in which the members have to identify the Game and the Players involved?

Mark's "Positions Of The Week" seem to be quite popular

Members opinions?

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A very good idea!

One Member's Opinion Regards,
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Post by Sebastian Boehme »

Yes very good,
but this has then to be a position where our silicon friends do not immediately see the solution or maybe a game which can not be found too easily.

Or maybe one can mix it: once a easier position, once a more difficult one - and for the easier one it gives only an autograph from Harvey as prize, whereas for the more difficult one Mark could write an autograph :D

Jokingly regards,
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Post by Jose »

Hi,

perhaps Steve and you can play a match together with each one chess computer. You post the match and we must guess which chess computer played?

For example Regards José
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Post by Steve B »

Jose wrote:Hi,

perhaps Steve and you can play a match together with each one chess computer. You post the match and we must guess which chess computer played?

For example Regards José
A VERY interesting idea!

:P Regards
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Post by kralisec »

Sebastian Boehme wrote:Yes very good,
for the easier one it gives only an autograph from Harvey as prize, whereas for the more difficult one Mark could write an autograph :D

Jokingly regards,
Sebastian
Yessss !!! I'd like this idea, just a retail box from prefered Hiarcs version with a short autograph from Mark !!!



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Post by martinus »

Olá!

I have an idea for a contest. The forum moderator may give us an annotated game extracted from a book, and we have to guess the name of annotator and the book title. Maybe we can have two guesses: annotator name and book title. Game may come from an old or modern book, and players can be both human, or human versus computer or so. We have name of players, place and year of the game, but we have to guess the name of annotator and book from where the game comes. Well its just a guess and can be fun, at least we will have to look carefully to the game and the annotations!
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Post by Harvey Williamson »

martinus wrote:Olá!

I have an idea for a contest. The forum moderator may give us an annotated game extracted from a book, and we have to guess the name of annotator and the book title. Maybe we can have two guesses: annotator name and book title. Game may come from an old or modern book, and players can be both human, or human versus computer or so. We have name of players, place and year of the game, but we have to guess the name of annotator and book from where the game comes. Well its just a guess and can be fun, at least we will have to look carefully to the game and the annotations!
Nice idea!
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Post by martinus »

Thanks. When time of the contest goes out, wins the first one who post correct name and book title, or if nobody found both, the one who guess one of them. Contest can have two winners: the first one who guess name and the first one who guess title, if nobody found both. While guessing, we could compare modern HIARCS analysis with old analysis in books, annotator style, and so.
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