2008 World Computer Rapid Chess Championships

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Harvey Williamson
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Re: 2008 World Computer Rapid Chess Championships

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Tony if you manage to eat some Fish - the drinks are on me :)
Tony Thomas

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Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:
Michael Sherwin wrote:
Tony Thomas wrote:
CRoberson wrote:Only 3 days left to enter.

Just send me email with the registration form questions answered
or post it in this thread.
Hey Charles, do I have to get Mike to sign up or can I sign up myself instead since all of you know that I am going to be operating Romichess?
Romi, USA, Michael, Wael, Tony, Celeron, win 32

-vs-

Rybka, MI USA, Hungary, Netherlands, Great Britain, Germany IM Vasik Rajlich/Nick Carlin Vaskik, WGM Iweta Rajlich, IM Larry Kaufman, Jeroen Noomen, Nick Carlin, Lukas Cimiotti Polyglot/Nick Carlin Nalimov Intel 9650 or 2x 9775 4 GHz MS Windows 64 bit 3001 2963 2821

They don't stand a chance! :D
No way in hell,we're too good for them,it's just not fair :lol:
We are so good, that we wont even get a chance to play against them..haha.. :lol:
Tony Thomas

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Harvey Williamson wrote:Tony if you manage to eat some Fish - the drinks are on me :)
Get some home made grape juice ready.. :wink:
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Tony Thomas wrote:
Harvey Williamson wrote:Tony if you manage to eat some Fish - the drinks are on me :)
Get some home made grape juice ready.. :wink:
Am squashing the Grapes with my feet right now.
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Harvey Williamson wrote:
Tony Thomas wrote:
Harvey Williamson wrote:Tony if you manage to eat some Fish - the drinks are on me :)
Get some home made grape juice ready.. :wink:
Am squashing the Grapes with my feet right now.

:lol:
_No one can hit as hard as life.But it ain’t about how hard you can hit.It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.How much you can take and keep moving forward….
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Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:
Harvey Williamson wrote:
Tony Thomas wrote:
Harvey Williamson wrote:Tony if you manage to eat some Fish - the drinks are on me :)
Get some home made grape juice ready.. :wink:
Am squashing the Grapes with my feet right now.

:lol:
Oh man..I asked for too much I guess. Can you get your wife/girlfriend/sister/mom to sqash them instead? Or a goat?
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CRoberson wrote:Hi HGM,

You and Joker are welcome. Just answer the questions
in this thread and I'll put you in. You can enter uMax as well
since it is a completely different engine.
Name: H.G.Muller
Email: h.g.muller MAGICCHAR hccnet.nl
Program Name: Joker 1.1.14e
Operator Required : No, I already found one
Operator Name: Robindu Guha
Team Members Names:
Book Software: Polyglot
Book Author: Robindu Guha
Endgame: -
Hardware: C2D 2.4GHz (1 core)
OS: Win XP x64
Do you have an ICC account?: yes
Current/desired username: JokerX
Country of Origin: Netherlands


As things stand, I cannot enter uMax, as I am occupied elsewhere this weekend, and the operator I found had only one spare core on which he now will run Joker. :cry:
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Entry included in tournament.
But, please read rule 15 as you have Robindu as an operator and
book author.
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Michael & Tony,

Entry accepted and on web page.

However, please ensure that you read all the rules (only 16) and
especially rule 15.
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CRoberson wrote:Michael & Tony,

Entry accepted and on web page.

However, please ensure that you read all the rules (only 16) and
especially rule 15.
Is someone else using a book from Wael? Wael just supplied the Pgn, since Romi's book making tool is different from others, the books wont be same at all...