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Subject: Re: Idea: Computer Correspondence Chess Tournament!

Author: Lonnie Cook

Date: 07:01:35 03/17/01

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On March 16, 2001 at 13:51:12, Peter McKenzie wrote:

>On March 16, 2001 at 12:08:44, Andreas Schwartmann wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>a while ago, a guy called "Komputer Korner" put up a correspondence chess
>>tourney of the strongest engines available then. Some of you might remember this
>>"Komputer Korner Kup".
>>
>>Why not do it again? Why not put together Tiger, Fritz, Shredder, CM and Gandalf
>>(and more) in there latest incarnations and organize a new tournament!
>>
>>We could use fixed time controls corresponding to the hardware used, pair
>>together 10 or 12 engines, do it round robin or swiss like and this should be
>>fun! It will not be done in a week, sure, this tourney might last a year, but so
>>what? We could put together a web site with every game being updated once or
>>twice a week and this should be very interesting. I'd be willing to organize
>>such a thing, if there a enough people interested in this.
>>
>>What do you think?
>
>Nice idea.  If you organised it then I'd probably want to participate with my
>program LambChop.

Since peter is going to use his engine then I'd like to use Chess System Tal
2.03. I'll be using a TBird 950. Count me in please if possible
>
>This sort of tournament requires a big commitment in time, it is most important
>that the organiser lasts for the duration of the tournament.  If you are
>confident of lasting the distance, then I say go for it!!
>
>cheers,
>Peter
>
>>
>>Andreas



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