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From: mclure%sri-prism@sri-unix.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.chess
Subject: number-cruncher vs. the world
Message-ID: <13201@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 6-Sep-84 14:45:51 EDT
Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.13201
Posted: Thu Sep  6 14:45:51 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 13-Sep-84 07:02:36 EDT
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The Vote Tally
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The winner is: 10 ... Nd4 (N-Q5)

A total of 18 moves were cast.

The Machine Moves
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	Depth	Move	Time for search		Nodes	   Machine's Estimate
	8 ply	Be2    5 hours, 5 minutes    1.83x10^7           +=
		(B-K2)

	        Humans			  Move        # Votes
	BR ** -- BQ BK BB -- BR	      10 ... Nd4       14
	** BP ** -- ** BP BP BP	      10 ... Rb8	2
	BP ** -- BP -- BN -- **	      10 ... Na7	2
	** -- ** WP BP -- ** --	   
	-- ** -- BN WP ** BB **	   
	** -- ** -- ** WN ** --
	WP WP -- ** WB WP WP WP
	WR WN WB WQ WR -- WK --
	     Prestige 8-ply

The machine still thinks it is ahead positionally. Its evaluation 
is hovering at 13% of a pawn.

The Game So Far
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1. e4  (P-K4)   c5 (P-QB4)	11. Be2 (B-K2)
2. Nf3 (N-KB3)  d6 (P-Q3)
3. Bb5+(B-N5ch) Nc6 (N-QB3)
4. o-o (O-O)    Bd7 (B-Q2)
5. c3  (P-QB3)  Nf6 (N-KB3)
6. Re1  (R-K1)  a6  (P-QR3)
7. Bf1  (B-KB1) e5  (P-K4)
8. d4   (P-Q4)  cxd4 (PXP)
9. cxd4 (PXP)   Bg4  (B-N5)
10. d5   (P-Q5)  Nd4  (N-Q5)

Commentary
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There was no significant commentary.

Solicitation
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    Your move, please?

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