Best Chess Simulators to Clash in Elista
Sports | April 24, 2007, TuesdayChess landmark Elista will see one of its most unusual games in June when the world's two strongest chess playing programs will face each other.
Deep Junior and Deep Fritz will clash between June 6 and June 12, in a tournament sponsored by the head of the International Chess Federation Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. The unusual tournament still doesn't have a name, but the price has already been set - USD 60,000 for the winner and USD 40,000 for the software that triumphs.
The whole clash will be played in six games of maximum length of 75 minutes. The computers will have 5 seconds per move and in case the score in the end is even, there will be a tie-break.
Deep Fritz managed to outsmart Vladimir Kramnik in 2006, the year in which he took Bulgarian Vesselin Topalov's world crown in Elista.
Deep Junior and Deep Fritz will clash between June 6 and June 12, in a tournament sponsored by the head of the International Chess Federation Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. The unusual tournament still doesn't have a name, but the price has already been set - USD 60,000 for the winner and USD 40,000 for the software that triumphs.
The whole clash will be played in six games of maximum length of 75 minutes. The computers will have 5 seconds per move and in case the score in the end is even, there will be a tie-break.
Deep Fritz managed to outsmart Vladimir Kramnik in 2006, the year in which he took Bulgarian Vesselin Topalov's world crown in Elista.
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