Author: Uri Blass
Date: 10:21:04 12/31/02
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On December 31, 2002 at 12:48:02, Russell Reagan wrote: >On December 31, 2002 at 08:07:18, Andrew Williams wrote: > >>On December 31, 2002 at 07:16:06, Jason Williamson wrote: >> >>>Not long now until the ICC Amateur Winboard tournament starts. >> >>I am very much looking forward to CCT5, but what makes you so sure that some >>professionals won't enter? > >What makes you think they will? No interface for them to participate. Most of the commercial are uci or winboard engines so this is not a problem for them. Sure they >could write one, but why go through the trouble? There is no incentive for them >to join. If they win, of course they were supposed to win, they were a >commercial program among amateurs. If they don't win, then the decision to >participate was one of the worst they could make. There is no prize for winning, >so why would a commercial participant join? > >Some people think that we need to make the move to automatic play in computer >chess events. I agree, but so far this isn't looking like the way to do it. I do not believe that the reason for them not to participate is the interface problem. I do not believe that they have less talent than some amateurs that the interface is no hard work for them. Uri
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