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Subject: Re: Opening Books?

Author: blass uri

Date: 02:31:48 06/12/00

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On June 11, 2000 at 19:20:06, Mogens Larsen wrote:

>On June 11, 2000 at 17:21:30, blass uri wrote:
>
>>My opinion is that there should be more than one tournament when in one
>>tournament the hardware is not limited and in other tournaments the hardware is
>>limited.
>>
>>It is the same as having more than one group of weight in some sports including
>>one group when the weight is not limited.
>
>I don't think that's a very good suggestion. It sounds more like a circus show
>than chess IMO. If computer programs are going to compete in tournaments with
>human players in the future, they'll have to abide by restrictions, whether they
>or you like it or not.

I disagree
It is only a question of money.

 Different hardware classes won't increase the interest in
>any way.

Different hardware class will increase the interest because the people who buy
the programs want the best program to help them to analyze their games.


>
>Computer programs in computer tournaments and human players in their tournament.
>This chould be spiced up with a couple of invitational tournaments where
>computer programs are allowed to participate under restrictions determined by
>the GM's or IM's. The Israeli league is very uninteresting unless you really
>can't get enough of computer chess.

human-computer games are interesting when propgrams are not winning every game
or almost every game.

I did not see that program won almost every game in the israeli league.

It is possible to let programs to play against weaker players under restrictions
but we do not need the restrictions against everyone now because programs are
not strong enough to win everybody in most of the games.

Uri



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