Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 16:16:52 07/07/04
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On July 07, 2004 at 17:56:30, Amir Ban wrote: >On July 07, 2004 at 17:04:11, Omid David Tabibi wrote: > >>On July 07, 2004 at 16:25:19, Matthew Hull wrote: >> >>>On July 07, 2004 at 16:19:15, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >>> >>>>On July 07, 2004 at 16:00:56, Joachim Rang wrote: >>>> >>>>>On July 07, 2004 at 15:53:50, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>1. Shredder 5.5 (congratulations to Stefan!) >>>>>>2. Crafty 4.5 >>>>>>3. Falcon and Junior 4.0 >>>>>> >>>>>>The 1st and 2nd places are quad Opterons! >>>>>> >>>>>>I will upload the complete standings tomorrow. >>>>>> >>>>>>======== >>>>>> >>>>>>I am quite happy with Falcon's performance, especially since I used a random >>>>>>book instead of the main book. Falcon's results were: >>>>>> >>>>>>0.5 vs ParSOS >>>>>>0.5 vs Diep >>>>>>1.0 vs Jonny >>>>>>1.0 vs The Crazy Bishop (Falcon playing French against the French program!) >>>>>>1.0 vs Junior >>>>>>0.0 vs Crafty >>>>>>0.0 vs Shredder >>>>>> >>>>>>In both the game against Crafty and the game against Shredder, Falcon had a >>>nice >>>advantage, but was outsearched (those damn quad Opterons...). Well, in >>>the main >>>tournament Falcon is doing fine so far (2nd place together with >>>Shredder). >>>Tomorrow the games in the first two tables will be: >>>>>> >>>>>>Shredder - Junior >>>>>>Deep Sjeng - Falcon >>>>>> >>>>>>The complete pairing will be uploaded tomorrow morning (the blitz tournament >>>>>>ended at about 22:00, so I had no time to update the website...) >>>>>> >>>>>>Tomorrow the games will start at 9:00. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>thanks Omid for your work and updates. It's not your fault I think that there >>>is >>a delay since you have enough work with participation, Updates and >>>lectures > >>>>I'm doing my best to update the website as soon as I can. It is very easy to >>>>start complaining that "If the people responsible for the P/R stuff worked for >>>>me, they would be jobless". If that person who doesn't know what the hell he >>>is >talking about, and has already complained more than his share, can do a >>>better >job, he is welcome to organize a WCCC (I warn him though, he should set >>>aside >about one year of his life for organizing the event...). >>>> >>>>>and I don't think you get paid for your updates on the website >>>> >>>>No. In fact just today I paid 65 Euros for participation of Falcon and journal >>>>subscription :) >>>> >>>> >>>>>but I must admit the >>>>>ICGA should have appointed someone who is not involved in the tournamend to >>>>>maintain the website on a regular basis. >>>>> >>>>>regards Joachim >>>>> >>>>>P.S.: Am I right, that only 8 engines participated in the blitz tournament? >>>> >>>>Yes. The participants were: >>>> >>>>Shredder, Crafty, Falcon, Junior, Diep, ParSOS, Jonny, The Crazy Bishop. >>> >>> >>>The website update should have been delegated to a non-participant. That is a >>>valid criticism, not of you, but of organization. >> >>First of all, I am part of the Bar-Ilan organizing team (together with Prof. >>Netanyahu). Secondly, no, it is not a valid criticism. >> >>I believe all the participants who are present here will agree that this was one >>of the best organized WCCC events in the past few years. The amateur >>participants are provided with $500 grant, low fares in a nice 4-star hotel, >>reasonably fast free loan machines, their transportation to and from the >>university is organized (together with a city tour thanks to the City of >>Ramat-Gan, and an excursion to Jerusalem this Saturday), they all have fast >>internet connections and programs running remote have all worked fine, and as >>far as the playing hall is concerned, it is equipped with four screens where the >>games are displayed live, and people (both in the hall and on the internet) >>enjoy GM Boris Alterman's great work providing live commentaries (audio and >>video broadcast on the internet). And so far, almost all the games have been >>broadcast live on PlayChess server. And as far as media coverage is concerned, >>there have already been three live interviews on national channels about the >>event (with Prof. Netanyahu, Shay Bushinsky, and me), and we are still working >>on more extensive media coverage by organizing a media evening. >> >>Now, about internet audience: again, people interested in *live* games, should >>watch the live broadcast on PlayChess (which has functioned very well). But >>don't expect the website to contain "live" results. The website is usually >>updated several hours after each round, which is very reasonable. Today's round >>4 ended only a few hours ago, and I'm now updating the website. >> >>So, again, of course everything can be improved, but as far as the organization >>of the tournament is concerned, I think that it has been done very well, and >>your criticism is far from being valid. >> > >I can also commend Tom, the system administration, who's doing a fine job >solving the communication problems for the remote computers real quick, and BTW >saving Jaap v.d. Herik some taking difficult decisions about that. > >About reporting moves to the world: In both Graz and Ramat-Gan moves were >automatically relayed to the playchess.com server. The difference is that in >Graz ICC bootlegged that transmission to its site, while in this tournament ICC >is refraining from doing this. > >Amir It is the age of the Internet. Everyone with internet access should be able to watch. But, I guess if the on-site people are happy, and the ICGA officers get paid, then it's good enough for them. That's the attitude we are seeing. Meanwhile, for a lot of us on the Internet, it might as well be 1974. Have a nice time.
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