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Subject: Re: i think this is dishonest marketing, and very unprofessional

Author: Sune Fischer

Date: 05:00:44 08/25/01

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On August 25, 2001 at 07:31:52, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>On August 25, 2001 at 06:26:50, Sune Fischer wrote:
>
>>I must say I find those rules very strange.
[snip]
>
>The tournament was completely screwed up before we even got there.
[more snip]

Okay, that would explain a lot ;)

>If people had been allowed to compete in both categories by bringing two
>machines, I would not have got on the plane.  Things like that turn any event
>into a complete farce.

But programming parallel is completely different than seriel, I think a
different category for the parallel progs is a good idea.
I would have loved to see a fair match between Shredder and Junior on a single
cpu system, but perhaps I speak only for myself here.

>Fritz participated as "Quest".

Oh, I see.

>>Last I heard Deep Fritz beat Deep Junior, so DJ would need to beat DF to claim
>>the title, would it not?
>
>I don't know why anyone would think this.  The championship tournament is the
>computer championship.  The computer championship is not some private match held
>in Spain or wherever.

Well I'm thinking that it was Deep Fritz that will get to play Kramnik and not
Deep Junior. Has this now been changed because DF is no longer the stronger
program?
Okay, I just a little confused here, sorry.

Cheers,
-S.



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