Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 15:03:00 04/17/01
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On April 17, 2001 at 17:22:45, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On April 17, 2001 at 14:06:56, Christophe Theron wrote: > >>On April 17, 2001 at 04:35:44, Bruce Moreland wrote: >> >>>This is yet another insult to Stefan Meyer-Kahlen. >>> >>>What is going on here is that many people don't recognize the legitimacy of the >>>titles that Stefan's program has won over the years, and refuse to grant him the >>>leadership position that he has earned in fair and open competition. >> >> >> >>I have another point of view. >> >>I see the current stream of events as an insult to the authors of the other very >>good chess programs. >> >>What happened? First Shredder wins the WMCCC 2000 (a short tournament, be it an >>open and fair event). But then the SSDF is forbidden to publish the results of >>this program (an attitude which is not fair and open, who can disagree?). > >Can you spell "Rebel"? :) Didn't Ed do the same thing some while back? If >he is suspicious of the process, he certainly has the right to not enter into >it. That is correct, but just for one year because of.... well that has been discussed endlessly at the time when it was actual. Ed >>The consequence of this disinformation campaign is that today the fact that >>Shredder would not top the SSDF list is HIDDEN. >> >>Would the results of Shredder have been published by the SSDF, I guess that >>nobody would talk about its "legitimacy" anymore. >> >>I would seem natural to most people that Shredder can be a candidate, but all >>the programs above him in the list would be natural candidates as well. >> >>I believe that the people interested in computer chess want to see Kramnik >>fighting against the best available program, or else the event loses most of its >>interest. >> >>But thanks to the disinformation campaign organized by Mr Weiner, some people >>talk today about "legitimacy". That's like endorsing the disinformation. >> >> >> >> Christophe > > >I don't see why the SSDF list should have more weight than the ICCA tournaments. >If somebody wins _one_ ICCA event, you could call it lucky. If they win 2, it >isn't. And didn't shredder win the last CCT as well? Luck runs out somewhere >along the path and skill takes over...
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