Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 05:16:18 08/26/00
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On August 26, 2000 at 08:11:43, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On August 26, 2000 at 07:53:10, Brian Richardson wrote: > >>On August 26, 2000 at 07:41:10, Steve Lim wrote: >> >>> Hi all. >>> >>> First off, congrats to Stefan for winning the WMCCC 2000! >>> >>> ICC was due to have its 2nd CCT in late July following a 6 month (bi-annual) >>>schedule. However, it was brought to my attention that since the WMCCC was in >>>august, September might make more sense. (programmers wouldn't want to expose >>>their tournament books etc). >>> >>> Well, September is just around the corner. I'd like to take a general survey >>>as to the type and dates of CCT #2. >>> >>> Something in a previous post by Christophe Theron captured my attention.. >>> >>>"The idea of playing each opponent 2 times, once with white and then with black >>>is indeed very interesting. >>> >>>It is easy to do, and does not need more organization effort: it does not >>>generate more moving computers around. >>> >>>Combine this with faster time controls, and you get a much reliable tournament >>>result." >>> >>>I guess feasibility of a double round robin with alternating colors depends on >>>the # of participants. >>> >>> >>>I'd be very happy to get some feedback on your thoughts, >>> >>>Many thanks, >>>Steve Lim aka SJLIM(*) on ICC. >>> >>>Quote of the month.. >>> >>>"I always pick Shredder to win because he freaking always wins." - Bruce >> >>Also congratulations to Shredder. >> >>As I recall, right after CCT1, the June/July time was considered good as a >>"warmup" to the WMCC2000, but it seems everyone was just too busy. Based on >>some other posts, September might even be too soon, but I would very much like >>to have another tournament. >> >>I would prefer to play somewhat faster time controls, say 45 10. This would >>save nearly an hour per round. An increment is needed for those without >>automatic interfaces. I personally do not care about playing both colors >>against each opponent. >> >>Brian Richardson (Tinker) > >I also believe that the method which Christopher Theron mentioned is the most >effective, by playing both colours against each opponent not only you save time, >but it is a more effective way of getting a more reliable tournament result. > >PS: Congrats Christopher Theron for your program's excellent result in the WMCC. >I hope that you are considering to add tablebases on your next version of Chess >Tiger 13. I would like to be a beta tester for your excellent program. >Pichard.
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