President’s Cup Computer vs. Computer
The opponents are the reigning computer chess world champion Deep Junior and the winner of the 2006 match against the human world champion Vladimir Kramnik, Deep Fritz. The rate of play for the computer match is Rapid Chess 75 min for the game + 5 sec per move. Arbiter is IM David Levy, President of the ICGA (International Computer Games Association). The prize fund is US $100,000 ($60,000 to the winner, $40,000 to the loser).
Schedule
Wednesday June 6th Game 1 11:30 a.m
Thursday June 7th Game 2 11:30 a.m
Friday June 8th Game 3 11:30 a.m
Saturday June 9th Game 4 11:30 a.m
Sunday June 10th Game 5 11:30 a.m
Monday June 11th Game 6 11:30 a.m
Tuesday June 12th Tiebreak (if required) 11:30 a.m
Source: ChessBase
Susan,
Please dont ignore the following letter:
$100,000 challenge to FIDE President Kirsan N. Ilyumzhinov
http://www.rybkachess.com/docs/ChallengeToFIDE.htm
Regards,
Titu
Will there be any live coverage of this Machine vs. Machine match anywhere on the internet?
I think that Junior is suspect against the other leading engines. This is regularly rflected in my own engine tournaments. Junior has a program that stresses initiative, but the other programs regularly refute that algorithm.