Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 16:46:06 08/25/00
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On August 25, 2000 at 19:09:06, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On August 25, 2000 at 17:15:34, Ernst A. Heinz wrote: > >>Hi Peter, >> >>>>Hence, no amateur and professional WMCC titles were >>>>presented during the 1999 championship in Paderborn. >>>>Otherwise, "DarkThought" would have earned the amateur >>>>microcomputer title there -- bad luck for us ... :-( >>> >>>I thought the award was given to Lambchop that year. Maybe I'm thinking of >>>another tournament? >> >>"LambChop" / Peter McKenzie received the award for the >>best hobby participant in Paderborn. This award was >>sponsored by ChessBase and they explicitly ruled out >>university teams for it. >> >>As I said, bad luck for us ... >> >>=Ernst= > >Seeing as the change in the rules was made for only one year, then reversed, you >should make an application to be awarded the title retroactively! > >Dave It's all crazy, and it changes somewhat. In 1995 two professionals tied, and two amateurs tied for 4th with another professional. They awarded the absolute championship to one, and the professional championship to the other, and the amateur title to one of the amateurs, after a controversy. In 1996, an amateur won, another amateur finished in 2nd, another one finished in 3rd, and two professionals tied for 4th-7th. They awarded an absolute title to the first place finisher, and did a playoff between the 4th and 7th place programs for the professional title. In 1997 there was no tournament. 1998 was similar to 1996, except that the professional champion finished 2nd. The 1999 hobby title was for programs that were eligible to sell their engine to ChessBase, I think. My program was eligible for that title, but I declined it, since I'm too insane to be considered a hobbyist. What did they do this time? bruce
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