On 18th May 2003 there was be a back-to-back, forced opening (F5F6E6F4G5E7F7H5) Reversi tournament on GGS and over-the-board in Paris. It was open to all (computer or human). 5 rounds were played, each round consisting of 2 games with opposite colors.
| Date |
18th May 2003 |
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Place |
GGS Internet Server + Paris |
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Open To |
Anyone - Humans, Computers, Cyborgs (computer-aided humans) |
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Start time |
14:00 Paris |
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Time control |
2x15 minutes |
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Style |
Double round robin |
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Start position |
8x8 board, forced opening F5 f6 E6 f4 G5 e7 F7 h5 |
1. Ntest (by Chris Welty) 8.5 /10 2. Marc Tastet and Company (Cassio, WZebra) 6/10 3. Edax (by Richard Delorme) 5.5/10 4. Zebra (by Gunnar Andersson) 5/10 5. Saio (by Benedetto Romano) 4/10 6. MaMaJu (by Simon Pinta) 1/10
There were quite a few draws but also quite a few victories (and as many defeats of course). Ntest was impressive even if my team succeeded in inflicting a defeat (which is apparently exceptional) and Edax drew against it. Saio was not especially prepared for the tournament.
The conclusion is: 9E3 as well as 9G4 appear to draw, but there are a number of traps in all the directions: for example starting from the same position with move 13, I lost against Zebra and won against Ntest.
Thank you everyone, in particular for the fair play (one did not count the fact that I lost at time with move 53 against Edax, which drew, nor that I had to restart a game against Saio because I had typed c4 instead of c5: it should be said that I did not use a graphic client to play on GGS, which is really stupid on my part).
So long, Marc Tastet.