Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 23:04:06 07/13/04
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On July 14, 2004 at 01:27:59, Matthew Hull wrote: >Then it wouldn't be boxing, would it. Your analogy is completely bogus. > >Look, man. A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP is the big league. Not some bush league >desktop computer event. This is where we expect to see the biggest hardware and >the best software. You can't get the best computer chess in the world if you >limit the hardware. It neutralizes the title of the event. You expect the >CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WHOLE EARTH to have the biggest and meanest computer chess >playing systems that can be assembled. If you can't figure that out, then you >have a problem. > >Stop trying to dumb down the event just so your little one-CPU program will have >a chance. If you can't play in the big league, then just get out. Even if Omid was the greates chess programmer in the world and had written the ultimate SMP engine, he would still need to get his hands on some super hardware to be competitive. It's just as much, if not more, a contest of who can get the fastest hardware than who can write the best program. So if you want to be a WCCC don't spend too much time on programming, better spend time on finding a big sponsor for your hardware! That's what makes it all a little silly, IMO. I don't really have an alternative solution, I believe we already have the SSDF as a sort of world ranking on single cpus. An 11 round tournament could not replace that anyway. -S.
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