Computer Chess Programs Vie "Live" For World Championship 73
Alex Laburu writes "The 17th World Computer Chess Championship is taking place in Pamplona through the 18th of May. As of this writing, Rybka (winner of the last two editions) is ahead of the pack and playing Shredder to consolidate its lead over Junior. You can watch the games live or otherwise follow the tournament asynchronously on the standings page, where you'll also find information about the hardware used by various teams."
Not a real World Championship (Score:5, Informative)
They restricted the hardware to 8 cores. As a result, the best programs, like those who run over clusters, are not playing.
Supposedly, this was to make money not a factor. In reality, some very nice expensive dual Nehalems are in action.
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Interesting. Well, then computer chess geeks should refocus on cracking a game of Go. That should keep them busy for a while. :P
No doubt. There isn't a go program running on anything that I can't give a 9 stone handicap to and crush almost without thinking - and I'm only 2k. The day a computer beats a pro seems to be far in the distant future.