Author: Jeroen Noomen
Date: 11:50:53 05/08/00
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On May 08, 2000 at 13:10:43, Bruce Moreland wrote: Hi Bruce, Thanks for your reaction. I think you only need to come to Holland for one day to see what is going on: An official protest, many chess players (mostly the stronger ones) are against it, former champions Ree and Ligterink writing very negative about it in the largest dutch newspapers, people at the chess clubs getting very angry with the dutch federation, the sneaky policy from the dutch federation.... Need I say more? If I would be any sponsor of this event, I would immediately stop considering giving money to such an event. There is too much rumour, too much negative publicity and if even the participants of the championship are not 100% behind this idea, then there is only one suitable thing to do: Call it off. Jeroen >Whether or not a computer should play in a national championship is a fine issue >for debate. I don't think that there is a yes or no answer. I think that if >the federation and the players are up for it, it's a fine thing. Most likely >the reason they'd be up for it is that the computer people have showered them >with money. Anyone who wants to shower any chess federation with money should >be encouraged. I don't know what the Dutch federation does with its money, and >I don't even what to think about what the American federation would do with its >money, but there exists the possibility that the money could be used to broaden >participation in chess events, particularly among children, which is good for >the children and is good for chess. > >So it's not necessarily a dumb idea to have computers in national championships. > I haven't been following the issue with the Dutch championship, but there >exists at least the possibility that this could have been done in a way that >would have benefited chess and won the approval of enough of the chess community >that this could have been worth trying. > >The bad thing here is that you've got people who wait until the moment of maxium >inconvenience and maximum effect to argue their own case, as Bosboom has >apparently done. This should have been settled beforehand, and this possibility >should have been eliminated. Every player should have been polled with the >question as to whether they would play against the program, to the utmost of >their abilities, and those who said no should have been accomodated or dealt >with in some sane fashion, to the satisfaction of all concerned. This would >entirely eliminate the possibility of an over the board protest, since if one >had occurred, the player could simply be thrown out of the tournament for being >an ass. The time to debate this issue is before the clocks have started. > >bruce
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