Author: James Robertson
Date: 08:38:39 05/13/00
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On May 13, 2000 at 09:17:02, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On May 13, 2000 at 05:24:37, Graham Laight wrote: > >>Let's take a look at the points in favour of Crafty in the year 2000: >> >>* Popular opinion is that Crafty has recently made big improvements >> >>* The author (Bob) is the world's most experienced parallel processor chess >>programmer >> >>* Only recently have people started writing parallel processor programs for PCs >> >>* Bob is now tuning his program to play at tournament time controls >> >>2000 could be Crafty's best chance ever... > > >One fly in the ointment: this year's WMCCC event is uniform platform. No >odd machines allowed. Only the WCCC allows a parallel program. Even if it >could use a big alpha, the odds are not great that it would win. There is a >big chunk of luck in winning _any_ tournament with a computer... Do you have any details about when to apply for this thing? I have sent several emails to the ICCA and every time they say they will announce sometime in the future. However, time is passing fast, if anybody is going to make travel plans.... James
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