Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:55:33 05/16/00
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On May 16, 2000 at 22:40:09, Bruce Moreland wrote: >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 Actually, there are tournaments which are by "invitation only". Often states hold closed championships and invite the top finishers from recent tournaments. This has become less popular of late at least in looking at tournament results in USCF's magazine. A couple that fit this are probably a couple of the big GM events that we have watched on ICC.
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