Author: Uri Blass
Date: 05:28:13 10/26/03
Go up one level in this thread
On October 26, 2003 at 08:23:04, Thomas Mayer wrote: >Hi Thorsten, > >>> I think the reason is quite simple: They had no equal number of >>> participants - and there is nothing more uninteresting to have a bye during >>> the rounds, especially in the last round - so they choose GnuChess to give >>> at least a competition - but on a hardware where it should usually not have >>> any influence on the final result... So I think the decision was okay. > >> if they use GNU chess + slow hardware it IS almost always a won point. >> so there is no difference in choosing NO opponent or a too weak opponent. > >there is a difference - you might see this out of the point of a pure operator - >for a programmer there is definitely a difference between not play and play >against something weak. And it is important IMO that the added engine has no >influence on the final result - this won't be sure with CS Tal - it would not >play for the win, of course, but it could have influence through Buchholz or >SB... and that's not good when something that does not really participate has >such a big influence... even the possibility that it CAN have this influence is >to much in my opinion. > >Greets, Thomas If the target is to have no influence then it is better to have a bye. Uri
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.