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Subject: Re: No computer at Corus tournament (:-(

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 06:31:25 01/15/01

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On January 15, 2001 at 05:56:10, Mark Schreiber wrote:

>There is no computer playing at Corus 2001 in Wijk aan Zee tournament. This is a
>Category 19 tournament. This would be good test for chess programs. Any program
>that wins this tournament could claim to be the strongest program.
>
>This is an invitational tournament. The Corus organizers would invite a computer
>if a computer chess company would increase the prize fund. If it wins it would
>be great advertising for the program. Have any of the commercial programs tried
>to enter Corus 2001?

It would have been nice for Deep Fritz or Shredder 5 to participate.

>
>So far the best performance by a computer is 2700 Fide by Deep Junior at
>Dortmund 2000. A computer winning the Corus 2001 would be an even better
>performance.



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