Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 21:02:07 08/24/00
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On August 24, 2000 at 22:18:07, Charles Milton Ling wrote: >It is hardly my place to comment on this, as my computer literacy is minimal, >but I do know a little bit about statistics, and a bit more about Chess. > >I do not understand why such a tournament is *ever* held except on a >uniform-platform basis. A "level playing field" (I think it is called) is aimed >at in all competitions; I fail to understand why this requirement is waived >here. (I do, of course, realize that processors are only part of the equation, >but still...) There are all sorts of computers out there. Why punish people who develop for weird ones by telling them they can't play? This is an important point, even though in practice what happens is that people with deep pockets or connections or good organizational talent get the fastest Windows box they can. A problem with a level playing field is that it is a generic vanilla white-bread playing surface. bruce
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