Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 16:31:20 04/22/01
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On April 22, 2001 at 18:47:19, Mogens Larsen wrote:
>On April 22, 2001 at 17:48:24, Rajen Gupta wrote:
>
>>Well said amir: i think the main problem will be if shredder doesn't win through
>>in the qualification-then its claim of being the world's champ will ring
>>hollow-esp as this match will be
>>1)a long series against the toughest possible opponents
>
>That is debatable.
>
>>2) absence of any cannon fodder
>
>Probably true, but it depends on the results.
>
>>3)tournament time controls
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>Probably, has anything been published to that effect?
Enrique told me in email today that it is going to be: 40 moves in 90 minutes.
Which is fine with me.
>>4)strongest possible hardware
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>That we don't know. It might just be a couple of duals.
You guessed. Enrique told me today that the qualification round will be run on
two Dual P933 machines.
Isn't it funny? We all thought it would take place on 8-CPUs computers, isn't
it?
Christophe
>>5) programmers participation
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>Only in an observational capacity AFAIK.
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>>6)held in the open in public
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>A hotel room apparently.
>
>>there wont be any exuse to fall back on!! i think the best strategy is not to
>>take part, blame someone for the injustice, and still retain the claim of being
>>the world champion!
>
>Even if Shredder participates and loses, it wouldn't change the WC status,
>because the World Championship is an event. You can only say that Shredder
>_probably_ isn't the strongest program given certain conditions, ie. the
>conditions of the qualifier. You don't need an excuse to stay out of this one
>IMO.
>
>Regards,
>Mogens
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