Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 23:55:13 04/29/01
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On April 29, 2001 at 23:58:58, Chessfun wrote:
>On April 29, 2001 at 13:16:26, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>I said several times I had no plan to release a SMP version of Tiger. I did NOT
>>say I did not have one. I did NOT say I have never worked on SMP.
>>
>>I also said that I could change my mind if the market demands it. Last time I
>>said so was in a live interview on the CSS forum. Go to to this forum, go to the
>>page where the 16 hours interview has been reported, and you will find my words
>>about this.
>>
>>It was BTW before I heard about the Kramnik match.
>
>
>Christophe,
> Following is cut and pasted from the CSS Sprech-Stunde
>this was April 8.
>
>At this time it was known of the upcoming match-up with Kramnik.
>Not in detail but it was known.
The amusing thing about this is that on April 8 Enrique told Ed about the SMP
requirement, but asked Ed to keep the information hidden to me.
That's exactly what Ed did, because he had agreed to keep the information
secret.
So on April 8 I knew close to nothing about this.
So you are right, I knew about it, but not in details. I did not know about the
SMP requirement.
We have asked Enrique why he asked Ed to keep the SMP information secret, even
for me, and he has not answered.
>If you had a SMP version why did you not answer this question in
>that manner?. Or assuming secrecy ;-) then contact BGN as suggested
>in a follow-up about having an SMP Tiger.
I had no idea the deadline was so close. We had just learned about it, and I had
not even talked with Ed about it.
I did not know about the SMP requirement. Actually I knew very little about this
match.
>Sarah Bird: Do you feel that either Tiger 14.0 or Gambit 2.0 running on say a TB
>1.5 Ghz, would compete better against the World Champion than Deep Fritz running
>on 8 processors.? Naturally assuming your answer is yes :-) then what benefit
>would there be to organizers who promote multiple cpu's in using either of your
>programs?
>
>CT: If it is about promoting multiple CPUs, then... Well in short I do not
>understand why Gambit Tiger has not even been considered as a potential
>candidate.
Once again the basic problem is that we have not been asked if we could enter
the match or not.
It has been assumed that we could not enter the match, and that's all.
The same applies for Nimzo, Hiarcs, Gandalf... Did Enrique ask them if they had
a SMP version that could compete?
I know the answer because Enrique told me in email.
HE DID NOT ASK THEM EITHER.
What other evidence do you need that the selection process has been arbitrary?
>------------------
>Sarah Bird: Personally at this point why would Gambit be a candidate? It hasn't
>yet proved to be stronger than any of the main competition. The organizers
>whoever they are, if they are interested in promoting dual processors what is to
>be gained for them with a single cpu playing?
>
>CT: Playing videos with the other CPU? ;)
>------------------
Please note that it was a joke...
Christophe
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