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Subject: Re: Proposal: Total open events

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 08:00:58 05/17/00

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On May 17, 2000 at 08:54:26, Walter Koroljow wrote:

>On May 16, 2000 at 15:59:57, Walter Koroljow wrote:
>
>>On May 16, 2000 at 14:17:28, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>Have three event categories:
>>>1.  Humans only (FIDE, USCF, BCF, whatever)
>>>2.  Machines only (ICCA)
>>>3.  Total open (anything goes.  A computer, a human, a human with a computer, a
>>>team of humans, whatever).
>>
>>The U.S. checker organization (at least as of 1995) recognized three types of
>>world champion:
>>
>>1.Human
>>2.Machine
>>3.Totally open.
>>
>>The concept has something for everyone!
>>
>Oops.  A clarification: the checker open applies only to human vs. computer.  I
>think the totally open idea is original and good.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Walter
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Walter

But mabe the Chess world has something to learn from the Checkers world, even if
the "Totally Open" idea is a bit different.  Is the Cheackers world cursed with
as many out of control egos as the Chess world is?  Tha might have played a lrge
part in what they were able to do with computers/humans.

Pete



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