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Subject: Re: On Playing In A Chess Computer Tournament

Author: Daniel Pineo

Date: 18:03:41 02/23/05

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On February 23, 2005 at 20:04:38, Steve B wrote:

>Can i Ask a Question to those who do
>
>what exactly is the thrill or competitve feeling one gets if they are not the
>Author or have in some way contributed to the program?
>
>i of course can fully understand the pride involved for the author or for
>someone who contributed the opening book or made refinements to the program even
>in some small way
>
>but to simply load up someone elses program and be the operator ,having had
>nothing to do with the program at all..and if somehow this program should place
>high in a tournament or even win..does the operator get a sense of
>accomplishment or feeling of pride?
>
>if so,please explain exactly why that would be because i just dont understand
>this
>perhaps it is the hardware they are contributing to the contest?
>would there be a sense of pride here?
>
>
>perhaps i could see that
>
>Best
>Steve


Maybe they just like seeing their favorite program win.  I don't contribute to
the Red Sox, but being from Boston, I was still overjoyed at watching them whoop
the Yanks and win the series.  Maybe it's the same idea.

- Dan




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