Italian software stronger than humans
Giocando con i Re festival in Carugate, near Milano, Italy
Chess Grandmasters couldn’t do much against computers in two exhibitions organized this month in Italy. In four games, machines scored three wins and only one match ended in a draw, thanks to the efforts of WGM Elena Sedina who held “Equinox”. That game was played in Genova during the “Festival della Scienza”, the most important scientific manifestation in Italy. On the same occasion, Equinox, software written by Giancarlo Delli Colli from Roma, won against GM Igor Efimov of Monaco.
Time control was one hour per player and computer and about 100 people followed the games in vivo, in addition to the good coverage by the newspaper and RadioRai.Genova is a possible candidate to organize the 2010 computer chess world championship.
The “computer week” ended on November 6-8th in Carugate, a nice village near Milano very well known by its giant markets.
The second match Human versus Machine was part of a three days long festival, named “Giocando con i Re” (eng. “Playing with the Kings”). The festival’s second edition was organized thanks to the town-councilors (assessors) Paolo Molteni and Michele Bocale and the lord mayor Umberto Gravina.
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Who is that woman?
Who cares about computer chess!!!! I am soooo sick of this topic. What difference does it make? To whom is this of any interest whatsoever other than the programmers? You can stick a robotic machine on a pitchers mound and strike out every major league baseball player. SO WHAT!!!!
Who cares about computer chess!!!! I am soooo sick of this topic. What difference does it make? To whom is this of any interest whatsoever other than the programmers? You can stick a robotic machine on a pitchers mound and strike out every major league baseball player. SO WHAT!!!!
Oh my gosh! Look at the size of that leather belt she is wearing! Whoo! Win!