Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 11:48:56 02/11/05
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On February 11, 2005 at 14:19:15, Dieter Buerssner wrote: >>2. Who do you think has the best chance to win? >> >>3. Which country has the best chance of winning? >I don't understand, why there are two questions. How does a country win? When >Crafty wins, does it not imply, that USA wins? (This seems to be implied by your >two questions). So, what are the exact rules for the "country prize"? I think it means this. Pretend the question is, "Which continent has the best chance of winning?" Pretend these are the participants: Shredder (single cpu) Fritz (single cpu) Ruffian (single cpu) Diep (single cpu) Yace (single cpu) Fruit (single cpu) SOS (single cpu) Sjeng (single cpu) Crafty (16-cpu Opteron) Someone might pick Crafty to win because it would have a big hardware advantage, but North America's chances of winning are low because Crafty is the only North American participant and has to beat 8 other good opponents. Chances are good that one of the European participants would be able to finish ahead of Crafty. Now pretend this is the tournament: Crafty Ferret Zappa Fruit Ruffian SOS Diep Now the chances for North America and Europe are more even.
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