Author: Chessfun
Date: 16:37:54 04/22/01
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On April 22, 2001 at 19:31:20, Christophe Theron wrote: >On April 22, 2001 at 18:47:19, Mogens Larsen wrote: > >>On April 22, 2001 at 17:48:24, Rajen Gupta wrote: >> >>>Well said amir: i think the main problem will be if shredder doesn't win through >>>in the qualification-then its claim of being the world's champ will ring >>>hollow-esp as this match will be >>>1)a long series against the toughest possible opponents >> >>That is debatable. >> >>>2) absence of any cannon fodder >> >>Probably true, but it depends on the results. >> >>>3)tournament time controls >> >>Probably, has anything been published to that effect? > > > >Enrique told me in email today that it is going to be: 40 moves in 90 minutes. > >Which is fine with me. > > > >>>4)strongest possible hardware >> >>That we don't know. It might just be a couple of duals. > > > >You guessed. Enrique told me today that the qualification round will be run on >two Dual P933 machines. > >Isn't it funny? We all thought it would take place on 8-CPUs computers, isn't >it? > I never assumed that for a minute, I doubt also others did. http://www.icdchess.com/forums/1/message.shtml?165025 Sarah. > > > > >>>5) programmers participation >> >>Only in an observational capacity AFAIK. >> >>>6)held in the open in public >> >>A hotel room apparently. >> >>>there wont be any exuse to fall back on!! i think the best strategy is not to >>>take part, blame someone for the injustice, and still retain the claim of being >>>the world champion! >> >>Even if Shredder participates and loses, it wouldn't change the WC status, >>because the World Championship is an event. You can only say that Shredder >>_probably_ isn't the strongest program given certain conditions, ie. the >>conditions of the qualifier. You don't need an excuse to stay out of this one >>IMO. >> >>Regards, >>Mogens
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