Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:05:08 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. 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? Because they _can_. Tiger has an ICC interface already. ChessPartner works just fine. Junior has an ICC interface. I'd _bet_ that others do even though they don't distribute them... > >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. All that is needed is for the majority to do it. If the rest don't want to participate, they can sit back and watch.
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