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Subject: Best idea for tournament/test for programs-all

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 08:41:10 10/23/00


 I would like to suggest what I think would be a most intersting and informative
system for a chess computer tournament.
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!
 1. All the new top programs.
2.Their previous versions.
3.Preferably, their previous last TWO versions, in fact, (but at least the
previous).
4.All play all, either 8 or 16   games x3 (each for 5 minute, 30 minute and
tournament timed cycles).
5. If 8 games x3 each-each program would have one Q-pawn opening, one K-pawn
opening one books off opening! and one Fisherandom, both as white and black
which is 8 games.
6.Or twice that.(the "books-off" can be started off once with d4 and once with
e4. And the books on, can be "directed" a little to come to games of two
different natures for each of the two  d4 or e4 games.
7.Whether the 8 or 16 game all play all arrangements are made, it should be 3
times that much. Once for 5 mins. Once for 30 mins. And once for 40 in 120 Mins.
games=altogether 24 or  48 games for each program all play all.
8.All on equal hardware.

If anyone can arrange such a tournament, I think it would be the most
informative as well as the most entertaining system such a tournament could ever
be!
  I can hardley even see a rating list to be of more interest than such a
tournament- so can someone PLEASE do it, or very similar (if you can find any
improvements).
  With deep analysis, not only of the games themselves, but of the exact results
and the natures of the results, I think a lot of conclusions or strong
indications can be seen.
Any opinions?
Anyone able/willing to do it?
S.Taylor



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