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7pm, Wednesday 14th July, 2010 (UTC+1/GMT+1/British Summer Time).

Igorrit 0086v7 v Stockfish 1.8

I've written code to read the Arena engines' log as it is being updated. The code intermittently uploads extracted moves to be prepared for display by, a tweaked, iChess.de (v0.99), copyright Felix Fuernhammer.

This notice is a statement of intention, and if things go wrong, sorry in advance.

Only Firefox has been used in testing. Feedback from other browser users would be particularly welcome.

You might be aware of my current thread New Event on Home Laptop.

Thanks for your interest.

Anyone watching, the evaluations are wrong!

Moves correct so far.

It gets worse!

Stockfish is Black (and puts itself .64 ahead after its 13th move).

The live display will continue in spite of all the misinformation.

2.30pm, Tuesday 27th July, 2010 (UTC+1/GMT+1/British Summer Time).

Igorrit 0086v7 v Stockfish 1.8

Stockfish needs to win both remaining games in order to take over Igorrit's rank.

Recoded the processing of Arena's debug file. Seems to be working.

I can but hope.

7pm, Wednesday 28th July, 2010 (UTC+1/GMT+1/British Summer Time).

IvanHoe 81 v Fire 1.31

Challenger IvanHoe needs to win the last game in order to push Fire off rank 4 on the ladder.

Those who saw the previous live game, and witnessed the miraculous transformation of a Queen move into a queenside castle, might wonder if it's going to be worth it.

Can only say the presentation went better than the first, so I have high expectations for the third.

7pm, Wednesday 18th August, 2010 (UTC+1/GMT+1/British Summer Time).

IvanHoe 52 v Deep Rybka 4

Challenger IvanHoe needs to win the last game in order to usurp Rybka from rank 1 on the ladder.

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3pm, Saturday 25th September, 2010 (UTC+1/GMT+1/British Summer Time).

IvanHoe 52 v Deep Rybka 4

Challenger IvanHoe trying to usurp Rybka from rank 1 on the ladder for the second time. Down 5-4 currently. Previously ended 6-6.

IvanHoe as White now gets the chance to see if it can win from the same 8-ply start position as Rybka did as White.

3pm Wednesday, 6th October 2010 (UTC+1/GMT+1/British Summer Time).

Houdini 1.03a v Fire 1.31

Challenger Fire tries to topple Houdini from rank 2 on ladder. Up 6-2. Needs half a point from 4 games.

Found this challenge the most interesting of the fifteen completed.

7pm Thursday, 7th October 2010 (UTC+1/GMT+1/British Summer Time).

Fire 1.31 v Houdini 1.03a

Challenger Fire tries to topple Houdini from rank 2 on ladder. Up 6-3. Needs half a point from 3 games.

Fire as white plays same start position as Houdini won from in game 9.

3pm Sunday, 10th October 2010 (UTC+1/GMT+1/British Summer Time).

Igorrit 0086v9 v IvanHoe 52

Challenger Igorrit needs half a point from last game to topple IvanHoe from rank 4.