Author: James Robertson
Date: 08:55:37 04/16/01
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On April 15, 2001 at 18:44:06, Bertil Eklund wrote: I think this qualification is unfair. Surely Ferret is on par with programs here, and Dark Thought is powerful as well. And who is to say that a single processor program stands no chance? What about the 2000 WCCC with Shredder? To me, there seem to be two good ways to choose a qualifier. First would be to just intive Shredder, as it already holds the WCCC and WMCCC titles. If this is unacceptable, then how can you hold a tiny four program tournament and claim that you can find the legitimate challenger? How about this: invite Shredder as the WCCC, and DB because everybody knows about it. Then, pick the other two participants based on results at the upcoming CSVN tournament. James > >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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