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Subject: Re: Updating engines during tournaments? (Odyssee Tournament)

Author: Brian Kostick

Date: 17:28:55 03/06/01

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Robert Hyatt,

  You try to win your argument by sheer volume of words and attempted
intimidation IMO. I am pro basement chess and I think it is a good pastime. I
don't know anything of:

>"WCCC events, each of the WMCCC
>events, each of the older ACM events, each of the paderborn events, each of
>the many other events where computers played but had their authors present and
>able to make adjustments to the book or the program between rounds.  Note that
>that is _every_ major computer event ever held."

    I think these type computer events have some merit. Still they cater to a
specific group who likes to get together and do such things.

  I agree with your text, the tournament games quoted above mean nothing to me.
They are not representative of a publicly available product. It's not my
intention to prevent program improvement, I would just prefer if it didn't
happen mid-basement-tournament.

    You often make your arguments excessivly black and white. I on the other
hand chose not to invalidate SSDF based on your argument or your intepretation
of what I write. Regards, Brian K.




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