mclure%Sri-Unix@sri-unix.UUCP (07/22/84)
The Vote Tally
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Folks, the moves are in and have been tallied. The winner is: 2. ... d6.
A total of 23 votes were cast.
The Machine Moves
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The Prestige 8-ply replied 3. Bb5+ from book in 0 seconds.
Humans Move # Votes
BR BN BB BQ BK BB BN BR 2 ... d6 9
BP BP ** -- BP BP BP BP 2 ... Nc6 8
-- ** -- BP -- ** -- ** 2 ... g6 2
** WB BP -- ** -- ** -- 2 ... Nf6 1
-- ** -- ** WP ** -- ** 2 ... e5 1
** -- ** -- ** WN ** -- 2 ... b6 1
WP WP WP WP -- WP WP WP 2 ... a6 1
WR WN WB WQ WK -- ** WR
Prestige 8-ply
The Game So Far
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1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6
3. Bb5+
Commentary
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Feel free to send in commentary and/or variations with your moves.
If pertinent, it will be published here. Also, in any case, if you
have a USCF rating, please send it in.
Your move, please?
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Addendum
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For readers who don't understand any of this, I am conducting a Delphi
experiment wherein a large network-based readership can send moves in
for a chess game. Each reader's move is a vote that is combined with
other readers' votes. The move with the most votes is played against
the Prestige chess machine searching a minimum of 8 full ply deep. The
results will eventually be published in a journal along with an
analysis of the experiment.