ICC News Item #1261

NEWS 1261 (1-Oct-99)
MAN versus MACHINE! GM Scherbakov vs. Rebel Oct 2, 10am.

Grandmaster Ruslan Scherbakov will play the computer program
Rebel 10.5 on the Internet Chess Club at 10am ICC time (2pm GMT)
on Saturday October 2.  All ICC members are welcome to watch the
game and whisper comments.

This one of the "Monthly GM Challenges" sponsored by Rebel.
The game will be at tournament time controls (120 5 with 60
minutes added after move 40).  The GM will receive $500 from
Rebel if he wins, $250 if he draws, and nothing if he loses.

finger Rebel10-5 on ICC for more info about the match.

More information about Rebel and the Monthly GM Challenge can
be found at http://www.rebel.nl .  Rebel is programmed by Ed
Schroder, and will be playing on an AMD 600 Mhz, 128Mb.  Rebel
will be employing its new "anti-GM" technology.

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