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

Author: Ulrich Tuerke

Date: 04:34:02 03/07/01

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>...
>Nothing new under the sun except that perhaps some people are not aware
>of how things work in world championship tournaments (or SSDF) because
>they have never been involved. New is that in Thorsten's case he tries to
>simulate the world championship system and we are not used to that as we
>are used to fixed tournaments only.

It's not really new. I would say, it's the usual way to do tournaments. Look for
instance at Frank Quisinsky's or Torsten Schoop's tournaments. In most cases,
the organizer allows updates.

Sure, you can also find arguments for the other kind of tourneys like Andreas or
Dann are doing. If you want to evaluate special versions of programs, you have
to forbid updates.

I would say, it's the freedom of the organizer to determine these rules, because
it's his time and his efforts to perfom it.

Uli

>
>I like both systems and have no preferences.
>
>Ed



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