Author: Chessfun
Date: 06:30:28 04/15/01
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On April 15, 2001 at 05:32:48, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On April 14, 2001 at 21:54:01, Chessfun wrote: > >>If the organizers wish to use SMP 8 cpu's IMO there are only 4 choices. >>Deep Fritz, Deep Junior, Deep Shredder and SMP Crafty. >>Crafty performs very well in the human comp area check out ICC sometime. >> >>There is time to run a tournament which will determine which program comp >>v comp is stronger. This will not tell us which will do better against a human, >>but under the assumption that organizing an event in which humans also play >>isn't viable due to time limitations, it's the best we have. >> >>And as it would be a comp v comp comparison I would change to Deep Fritz v Deep >>Junior as Shredder will not meet the conditions and Crafty will not win such a >>comp v comp match IMO. > >That is nonsensical IMO. Then the purpose of the "qualification" round has >already been fulfilled. The choice boils down to a ChessBase product in the end, >which is hardly in the spirit of such a contest. Especially since it's taking >place in closed quarters. Not very glamourous or fair to say the least. There are only a few SMP capable programs and setting up a tournament in public requires organization, time and money. An organization in this case that don't exist, so no time nor money. >No, the smartest thing to do would be to make a deadline for entry of SMP >capable programs (and there are more than the ones you mention, even without >your personal selection process), arrange a contest in public (maybe a >University with capable and identical machinery) and find the challenger with a >reasonable tournament format. I'm sure Millennium and others would pay if the >openness of the event was secured. From what I read at Millennium I don't think they are open to playing any type of qualifying event. >This is the best way to handle a competition of this nature. High entrance fees, >strange screening processes and secrecy is not. I'm surprised that you find a >tournament run by Enrique to be a reasonable solution. It's an amateur >arrangement at best. I think in the case, Kramnik has control and regardless the program needs to be selected as quickly as possible before the possibility of the match fades out. I see nothing wrong with a tourney being run by an outside party to determine which program is best. Whether the arrangement be termed amateur or not Enrique presents them in a very professional way. Sarah.
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