I did not have any promotion in Latvian Gambit Team challenge ...

Thanks Louri, the pop-up window was what I was waiting for, and when it didn't show I knew I was sunk, :(. And it had to happen in the WCH tourney also.

Strange :) I was sure. Maybe not recovered after Amsterdam :)

(Kevin, maybe we'll launch another tournament in a while) Iouri, I don't think there's such a pop up window here :) .. Scott, please read the F.A.Q. in the help section... all explained. In bried, you just have to use the PGN format.

Normally you should see all 4 possible pieses Q,R,N,B on the pop-up window. Do your browser allows pop-up?

Can someone clear up just how exactly to promote a pawn to something other than a Queen here. Not knowing just cost me a frigging half a point! :(

I wished I had seen this earlier. I am actually playing in the 6th World Latvian Gambit Championship Semi-Finale. http://www.gambitchess.com/

A mobile can never run that fast like a computer. And not even that big openingsbook and endtable? Why not test a other computer? Anyone know where i can found the game? Want to see how fast the mobile lose?

Here's the link for the complete results http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/tournament.php?id=181 Iy seems smartgo did not compete.....

Well it is quite simple, the best engine on best hardware. Anyway good that at least Junior and Cluster Toga managed to get a draw from Rybka. Too bad Hiarcs played such a bad opening, or there had also been a chance for maybe a draw. Anyway congrats again to Rybka team for this win!

No surprise, Rybka wins the 16th World Computer Chess Championship (2008)... Strangely, Rybka was running on the most powerful hardware, a 40-core system, in comparison Mobile Chess was running on a Nokia cell phone, so results are to be compared. Anyway, good result for Hiarcs, and a (very) bad tournament for Shredder. The tournament results : Rybka 8.0 / 9 Hiarcs 7.0 / 9 Junior 6.0 / 9 ClusterToga 5.5 / 9 Shredder 4.5 / 9 Falcon 4.0 / 9 Jonny Beijing 4.0 / 9 Deep Sjeng 3.5 / 9 The Baron 2.5 / 9 Mobile Chess 0.0 / 9

Great result for Many Faces of Go... What about the complete results ? Did SmartGo participate ?

But gambit is Latvian :))

Russkie ne zdayutsya! :))

My first two games with Michael and Rodolfo simply confirmed - "LG is bad opening". 15-20 moves and black can resign. I choose 3.Nxe5 as most difficult for black. 3.Bc4 has been played with Denis. Do not expect more than 20 moves here as well.

...is the name of the program that just won the Go section in the Beijing International Computer Games Association tournament. It won all 12 games which included beating the 2nd place program MoGo. In the 9 x 9 Go competition Many Faces also triumphed winning 15 out of 18 games but was beaten by MoGo who took 3rd after a playoff with the program Leela. the chess of course was won by Rybka

..I must have misunderstood I thought if games were forfeit on time in matches even after 10 moves they were not rated only rated if the games were better ie the foreited party was clearly worse?? So in the case of a an 8 games match 11 moves completed all lost on time in dead equal positions there would be no rating effect ie no price paid?? In a tournament game they would be these losses would be rated. I thought your proposal was to rate the losses in matches up to a max of 2 games ONLY if it was 10+ moves AND the position was clearly better.

In order to limit the inflation of Go ratings, I've updated the rules for ratings superior or equal to 2000. The idea of the original rule was to help players to find their rating range more quickly only. "Go ratings are first estimated from Go ranks (n kyu give a 2100 - 100 * n rating, n dan give a 2000 + 100 * n rating, n dan pro give a 2630 + 30 * n rating), then adjusted in real time after each result : Performance = Opponent Current Rating + 350 if the game is won, -350 if the game is lost. Case of a win (rating > 1999) : New Rating = ((9 x Current Rating) + (1 x Performance)) / 10 Case of a win (rating < 2000) : New Rating = ((8 x Current Rating) + (2 x Performance)) / 10 Case of a loss : New Rating = ((9 x Current Rating) + (1 x Performance)) / 10 The rating calculation does not take account of wins obtained by a stronger player when the Elo difference is superior to 350 points, the same with losses by a weaker player. In case of a loss against a player rated more than 350 points less, the opponent's rating considered in calculation is : Current Rating - 350."

I'm not sure to see the point, all games are rated for who forfeits or loses games on time, in 8 games matches just like any rated tournament. So what "price" do you mean ? The rule is about the winner's rating only.