Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 18:20:45 08/25/00
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On August 25, 2000 at 19:46:06, Bruce Moreland wrote: >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 I wasn't there... I suppose it's best to let James Robertson report when he gets back! I had thought there was no tournament in 1998, not 1997, but I might have confused the two. I completely agree with your first statement. Dave
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