Author: Chessfun
Date: 12:17:09 04/22/01
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On April 22, 2001 at 12:26:25, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote: > >I have received from the ICCA President David Levy a copy of an open letter >concerning the Kramnik match. I agree with all the points of his proposal and I >agree to participate in a qualifying match for the right to play Kramnik >according to the terms of the ICCA. Below you will find a copy of this open >letter. > >Best regards > Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, author of Shredder > <snip> >MY PROPOSAL FOR BRINGING PEACE TO THE SITUATION > >1 The ICCA will institute a new title – World Matchplay Computer Chess >Championship. Why do they need the ICCA's new title. They can institute their own BGN World Matchplay Championship. >2 The winner of the Cadaques tournament qualifies to play a match against World >Computer Chess Champion SHREDDER to determine the first holder of the World >Matchplay Computer Chess Championship title. The ICCA would be very pleased if >you, Professor Irazoqui, were to be the Chief Organiser of that event and, if >you wish, to organize it in Spain. In order to give all the strongest programs a >chance to qualify for the match against SHREDDER the tournament in Cadaques >should be open to all leading chess programs below the rank of World Champion. How many programs would compete in this Cadaques Tournament?. Open to all? What would the format be? How many games would determine the strongest to compete in the final round?. How/why should Shredder get a bye into the final round?. When this is a newly created title?. >3 This match takes place during July or August in order to give both programming >teams sufficient time to prepare for the event. The ICCA will supervise the >match which should be played, in accordance with previous practice, without >autoplayers. How many games duration are proposed for this match? As this is a new title and tournament why shouldn't autoplayers be used?. >4 The winning programmer of the World Matchplay Computer Chess Championship >negotiates with the organizers of the Bahrain match and with Kramnik over the >detailed conditions for that match. [Conditions which are acceptable to one >programmer might not necessarily be acceptable to another and for a match to be >fair to both players it is necessary for both players to be in agreement over >the conditions.] Shredder has already tried to negotiate a match. To whit....no match. Why would we conclude that it would now be possible when the current Candidates have already reached terms?. >To conclude, Professor Irazoqui, I would like to say that it is the fervent wish >of the ICCA that this matter be settled in a way which is fair to all concerned How is it fair when you give a program a bye into the final round? This would seem more bias than fairness. Sarah.
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