Author: Bertil Eklund
Date: 08:35:44 04/16/01
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On April 16, 2001 at 11:16:45, Andreas Schwartmann wrote: >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. > > >I like almost everything you wrote but for two things: > >"Non-SMP-engines won't stand a chance". In the case of Tiger 14.0 I strongly >doubt that. I would go so far as to say that Tiger might even top your next SSDF >List. It would be a strange event if only the 4 afore mentioned programs decide >who amongst them is fit to face Kramnik and the (most likely) #1 of SSDF is not >one of them. Hi! Let me quote a short part from my letter when I was asked about the programs: "Of course Tiger or Gambit on a A1333 could have some chances to win the qualifying event but as it can't use a quad or an octa-computer" Bertil >I don't like the idea that Kramnik will get engine updates up to the last >moment. That does not give any chosen engine a fair start. Kramnik might (and >surely will) find holes in the engine's handlings of certain opening lines just >by experimenting. He will use this knowledge doubtlessly. I think it would be >fair enough to provide the World Champion with publicly available games of his >to-be-decided opponent. > >Andreas
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