Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 16:35:15 12/01/03
You have 3 years to work on this: 1. Improve the computer source challenge - challenges should be me made prior to or after the tournament, but not during. If a challenge is made after the tournament, then all of the disqualified contestant games should be stricken from the official record as if they were never played. All contestants should be advised of the dates that they must provide source prior to/ or after the tournament so they can plan accordingly. There should be also a procedure to ensure that the source provided is the one actually used by the contestants. I'm sure something could be worked out. Alternatively, the all sources could be reviewed prior to the tournament by the experts who have signed non-disclosure agreements and why not - if Fritz Ruel has to provide his code - make everyone provide their code for inspection. I seriously doubt that would pass. 2. Something has to be done about the draw rule - that game should have never been allowed to continue. For 30 years, the correct rules were followed - this year it was not - that is a disgrace. Other than that, it was a great tournament [cough, cough]. Seriously, whatever goodwill that the tournament generated was torpedo by these two events that were mishandled. That is a shame.
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