Author: Dan Thies
Date: 23:04:59 10/27/97
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On October 27, 1997 at 21:37:33, Robert Hyatt wrote: >Below is the crosstable for the tournament's first three rounds. One >note. The tournament director (for reasons unknown) used accelerated >pairings in round 1 and round 2. The top 16 programs were paired >together for the first two rounds, then everyone was lumped together. Any idea how the "top 16" were chosen? Processor clock speed? Reputation? Past performance of previous versions? Most expensive prototype generally available experimental alpha? I'd say the accelerated pairings might have been an equalizer of sorts. DarkThought, for instance, got to meet some tough opposition early on. I just hope we still get Diep vs. Crafty at some point. ;-) Dan
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