Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 11:57:35 08/26/00
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On August 26, 2000 at 08:16:18, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>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.
I'm considering to add tablebase in Tiger, but I'm also considering adding oher
things, so I don't know if I have enough time before the commercial release.
Anyway the new Tiger will be significantly improved over the London version.
If you want to be a beta tester, I think you can be. We are currently looking
for new beta testers. Please go to the Rebel Home Page (www.rebel.nl) and click
on:
August 16, 2000 Call for BETA testers for Rebel 11.0
Christophe
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