Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 03:54:53 01/11/04
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>> >>... oh, and we do Mars missions. :) Yeah yeah, we noticed... >If you announced a 20 million dollar first prize at the '04 WCCC I'm ready to >bet at even odds that some American/American group wins it. There is plenty of >computer chess expertise in the U.S. No doubt the American group would have a bigger budget and probably a faster super computer with a bigger power supply and bigger cooling system, but more computer chess expertise? >There's a huge difference in mentality between Americans and Europeans. A >European is more likely to take his hobby extremely seriously, especially an >intellectual hobby, and spent years working on it even without any real chance >to get rich or famous. Now that computer chess is considered "solved", that's >the mentality you need to bring your engine to the top. An American is more >likely to get totally obsessed and be ready to risk everything - but there must >be some prize. Prize as in cash? :) >A lot of the discussions on this forum are quite interesting because of this >cultural gap. You do not in the US ever, never, ever, say things like "I got >unlucky", Well it's either that or "the opponent is stronger than me" :) >or "my stuff worked in my practice sessions", or "the result was >statistically insignificant". You wouldn't hear the typical european sports nut say something like that either, it's only because in computer chess it _is_ actually possible to achieve statistical significance. -S. >Vas
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