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Subject: Re: Which chess program wins the gold?

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 11:30:28 07/24/00

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On July 24, 2000 at 14:25:47, blass uri wrote:

>On July 24, 2000 at 14:08:33, Pete Galati wrote:
>
>>On July 24, 2000 at 13:51:48, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>On July 24, 2000 at 13:07:19, Daniel Chancey wrote:
>>>
>>>>If there was a computer chess tournament in the olympics, who would get the
>>>>gold, silver, or bronze?
>>>>
>>>>How would CMKing fare against Yace, RebelTiger and Fritz?
>>>
>>>If it were a single match (like an Olympic event -- no second chances) any of
>>>them might win.
>>>
>>>Chessmaster is among the strongest chess engines, as are Rebel Tiger and Fritz.
>>>Yace is probably not quite as strong as those, but in a one match event anything
>>>can happen.
>>
>>And not meaning to be picky (never mind, yes I do) but isn't the Olympics for
>>amatuers?
>
>No, the olympic is today for professionals and not for amatuers.
>
>The idea behind the olympic games was to do it for amatuers but people did not
>like this idea so the olympic is for proffesionals players.
>
>It is known that people who earn money from playing play in the olympics games.
>
>Uri

I hate to see people giving in to pressure like that, but I guess it was
borderline at best for years.

Pete



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