Author: Walter Koroljow
Date: 10:49:51 05/17/00
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On May 17, 2000 at 11:00:58, Pete Galati wrote: >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 My information is based on only one book (but a very good one: "One Jump Ahead"). The author is a programmer, chess master, and does CS at a university. He says that there are no egos to speak of in the checkers world, and nothing remotely like in the chess world. However, the English checkers organization (in England) had not been able to handle the matter rationally by 1995. They were violently anti-computer. So maybe we can say: small egos are helpful but not sufficient for a settlement satisfying everyone. Cheers, Walter
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