Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 03:29:07 04/28/00
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On April 28, 2000 at 03:11:06, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On April 27, 2000 at 18:36:02, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>I don't think it is a big problem. We had lots of cases where program authors >>couldn't attend for the entire tournament. But they could (and did) show up for >>some of the games, usually the last few rounds. But even if they don't, enough >>authors showed up to make it worthwhile. >> >>Now they get no authors _and_ no programs from a fairly large sect of computer >>chess programmers.. >> >>The question is, is the event supposed to find the best program??? Or is it >>supposed to find the best program with an author that can afford to attend? I >>claim this second question is uninteresting to the extreme. > >If the goal is to find the best program, just do a series of a bunch of long >matches, or a zillion round tournament, or whatever, and simply don't have a >7-round Swiss at all. > >If the goal is to find the best program with high confidence, a 7-round Swiss is >moronic. > >If people don't show up in person, people won't show up in person, and it will >be pointless to show up in person. The point of these is to show up in person, >so people should show up in person. > >If people think that my program is the most interesting thing about my >participation in these tournaments, I'm a little offended. Ferret is more than >a disk with "Ferret" written on it. :-) >It is a shame that you haven't been able to be at any of them. You haven't been >there to see the problems caused when someone sends in a disk. > >bruce I understand the points you are making but it is a chess event in the first place and not a social meeting. The latter is a nice bonus. Next, not all people have the time to take a 10 day vacation since they have other obligations in life. I don't see any problem if a qualified operator does the job. This new rule is a killer. Ed
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