Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 19:40:09 05/16/00
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On May 16, 2000 at 21:58:04, Baldomero Garcia, Jr. wrote: >I think rules need to be written with regards to computers participating in >tournaments. There seems to be a lot of hate and discontent in the various >tournaments that they've participated in. > >The Dutch championship highlights these problems. The participation of the >comptuer program gives great publicity, but it makes some players unhappy. >What qualifications did Fritz have to participate in the Dutch championship? I think Fritz probably had to win the Wallet Cup, not that I begrudge them this. >FIDE is clearly moving in the direction of not rating tournaments with the >participation of computers. I think this would discourage the invitation of >computer programs to tournaments. In view of all the problems that occurred, I >think the solution is rather drastic, but someone has to offer a better solution >in order to allow computer participation (i.e. clearly established rules to >avoid problems with computers). What invitations? You don't get invited to a human tournament any more than the movie theatre invites you to the show. A few years ago they'd always lose, so there was no point, and in a few years they will always win, so there will be no point. I think the humans are too mad about this inevitable change in fortune to allow for a lot of events, even though computer vs human chess is at or near its point of higest "fairness". bruce
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