Author: Chris Carson
Date: 05:22:50 04/20/01
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On April 20, 2001 at 07:55:56, Ingo Bauer wrote: >In the German Fora CSS Ed Schroeder asked Bertil Eklund: > >>>Something else... > >>When I announce a Rebel or Tiger running on 8 CPU's is it allowed to > >>participate in your play-off? This is not a hypothetical question. > >>Ed > >Answer from Bertil Eklund . > > >Hi! > >I explicitly wrote in my recommendation that I was very sorry that >Christophes program (at least in the near future) isn't capable of using 8 > cpus. > >I also said it could have a good chance to qualify on say an A1333 vs the >others on say 2x1000. I am glad to see the results of Tiger(s), so > far almost every result is extremely good (almost unbelievely good!) But I >don't believe it is so good that it is better then Deep-x on 8 cpus. > The answer was based on these conditions. Nothing more. Nothing less. I >also know (or has good reasons to believe, from what I have > heard) that the "new" Deep-versions is stronger then the commercial Deeps. > >I hope I can be up and running the Tiger(s) and Deep-Fritz on the next >hardware-level in the end of the month. > >Unfortunately I have some problem with one of my 450s so I can't use Tiger >or Shredder5, other programs work (memory?) On the other > 450, I only have 1cd space) for endgames, so I can't use it for other >things then entertaining speed-games with the Tiger(s) > >PS > >I have spoked with mr Levy! He is a true english gentleman and invited me >for a dinner or lunch and a bottle of champagne! Anyway I have > never been to London and have no intensions to go there in the (near) >future either. > > DS > >Bertil > >Reanswer and question from Ed Schroeder: > > Bertil, > > You have not answered my question, do you realize? > > I repeat: > > When I announce a Rebel or Tiger running on 8 CPU's is it allowed to > participate in your play-off? This is not a hypothetical question. > > Your argument to ask in public for a multi-Tiger is not very convincing. > Producers usually are not going to give you a view in the kitchen. What > you should have done is asking in email + giving the backgrounds about the > event and the demand from BGN to play on a multi-PC like you have done with > the other candidates. > > You still have a chance to correct things as I have understood the play-off > has not started yet. The Kasparov web-site states you start the play-off > beginning next week. > > Ed > >Just to inform you! There is nothing cut. These are the complete messages.
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