Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 13:18:19 04/21/01
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On April 21, 2001 at 15:06:24, Christophe Theron wrote: >It is not Champion vs Champion. It is clearly best prog vs Kramnik. This is how >Enrique describes it in an email he sent to me. To be honest, he says (I hope I >do not break any good taste rule by quoting this) that the choice has been made >with: > >" 1) SMP > 2) Strength " > >in mind. > >So it's clearly about strength, and in this case ignoring Chess Tiger sounds >extremely arbitrary. > >I could have provided a SMP version if I had a chance to do so, but I can't do >that if I am informed that I am allowed to enter 2 or 3 days before the event. > >I think it's so obvious. Am I getting paranoid, or have I just been left out of >this arbitrarily??? Even though the event is obviously intended to give the impression that the programs chosen are the best ones available, the press release itself doesn't specifically say that the purpose of the event is to find the strongest program. But the best of the ones invited. Semantics, I know, because everyone knows what impression BGN wishes to sell to sponsers and the seriousness of the selection process involved (non existant). If they wanted to sell this as an attempt to find the strongest program, they should have announced that authors with a SMP program could apply. Just adding Tiger, Rebel or both wouldn't have been enough. As long as they cut out the strongest claim from press releases, they can invite anyone they please IMO. It's discriminatory and unfair, but it's their right. Regards, Mogens
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