Author: Bertil Eklund
Date: 15:44:06 04/15/01
Here is some news about the upcoming event: - We invited 4 programs: DB and the Deeps of Fritz, Shredder and Junior. "We" is BGN and Enrique Irazoqui, with Bertil Eklund as consultant. - DB is obvious. Fritz has been leading everything in computer chess, short of a Swiss open of 7 rounds that receives the name "world championship". Shredder is strong and got the 2 last titles, whatever they mean, although it never topped the SSDF list, never won long tournaments. Junior is also strong, was first in the SSDF list about a year ago, won some long tournaments, achieved a PR of 2702 last year in Dortmund. The rest is either not strong enough or not SMP ready, which means they don't have a chance and their inclusion would only increase randomness. - Which program is stronger against humans? Who knows and who says they do differently in comp-comp as opposed to human-comp. Besides, a "candidates" with 20 programs and 20 first rate GMs that consists of enough games takes ages and a huge amount of money nobody mentioned. - The "Qualifiers" will be played in a public place (by the way, beautiful, with a great view over the bay :) ) - Programmers will send their latest babies and books, and all settings will follow their instructions. - An international arbiter will be present for the event in case DS participates. Otherwise the other two programmers don't seem to require an arbiter. - But just in case, Bertil Eklund has been invited for the event. - The Cadaqués event is not to be hold in "closed session". In fact, journalists, arbiter and other visitors will be present. Press and Internet coverage will be substantial. - Programmers are free to develop their engines until October 1st, provided that they will send regular updates to Kramnik. The idea is to avoid the DB-Kasparov scenario, in which Kasparov had no idea of the opponent. - The entry fee will be returned to the programmers that won't win the Qualifiers. - If a programmer feels entitled to play a given human player, he is more than welcome to organize the match and find the funds. Bertil
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