Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 17:06:30 04/15/01
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On April 15, 2001 at 18:44:06, Bertil Eklund wrote: > >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. The arrangements do sound acceptable to most people I imagine. The conditions are probably reasonable as well. But the extent of the "invitations" and the reasoning used are quite ludicrous. It's no major surprise that the possible SMP capable programs are limited in number considering the secrecy used. And it also reveals a certain ignorance about the state of computer chess today IMO. How much credibility will there be left if neither DB or Deep Shredder agree to participate? Maybe Frans Morsch and Amir Ban can arm wrestle for the honour. That should result in some publicity. Amateurs. Mogens.
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