Author: Kolss
Date: 10:40:31 08/26/00
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On August 26, 2000 at 09:11:05, Gordon Rattray wrote: >Congratulations to Shredder/Stefan on a great result! > Same from me! Shredder definitely is a worthy champion! >I'm a bit disappointed to see so much discussion involving words like "luck" and I do not quite agree about the "luck": You do need a little luck in order to win a computer chess tournament. However, it is never enough to be lucky; first thing you need is an excellent program. Shredder is one and therefore deserves the title. >"what if". The tournament was setup, it was played out, and the points were >added up... Shredder won fair and square. > Yes, I 100% agree on that. No point in saying "Program X actually had a winning position" if it lost... >We can all consider how it may have been different if "this thing had been >different" or "that move hadn't been played" or "this move had been played"... >But that's the way it did happen. > >In order to win a game of chess, you do not have to be winning from move one and >never be in danger of losing. Chess is often about making mistakes, losing an >advantage, fighting back, taking advantage of your opponent's mistakes... As a >chess player myself, I discourage the concept of "I should have won". The only >players who *should* have won are those that *did* win. The final result is all >that matters. > >Despite saying this, I appreciate that we all like to look back and reflect on >possible improvements. Of course we do, as lots can be learned from looking at >what happened in this tournament. So, there's nothing wrong with "postmortem" >discussions with views to future improvements and changes, but let's not take >anything away from what has already happened... it was a great event and a >worthy result for the winner. > >Gordon Best regards, Munjong.
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