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

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 05:51:57 03/07/01

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On March 07, 2001 at 07:34:02, Ulrich Tuerke wrote:

>>...
>>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.

Yes, you are right about that.

Ed


>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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