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Subject: Re: Question of SMP Tiger from CSS

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 08:23:28 04/30/01

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On April 30, 2001 at 05:07:46, Ed Schröder wrote:

>On April 30, 2001 at 03:39:34, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On April 30, 2001 at 03:25:01, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>>
>>>On April 30, 2001 at 02:55:13, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>
>>>>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?
>>>
>>>I have an SMP program that has competed publicly and finished 2nd in the last
>>>open hardware world championship, and they haven't even acknowledged my
>>>existence as an author of something even vaguely worthy to play in this.  So
>>>you've been treated better than I have.  They knew all about me and chose to
>>>treat me as if I do not exist.
>>>
>>>It's water under the bridge though.  They've insulted more or less everyone with
>>>this selection process, it seems clear that they are set on doing it how they
>>>want to do it, they got the result they wanted, and nothing is going to change.
>>>
>>>The biggest insult is to Stefan, who can't get any respect no matter how many
>>>times he wins the WMCCC and WCCC.
>>
>>Stefan got something for winning WMCCC and WCCC.
>>I believe that he sold more copies of his program thank to winning these
>>copmpetition.
>>
>>I do not see it as a clear thing that Shredder is the program that should be
>>invited to a match against kramnik because there was no agreement before WCCC
>>that the winner of the competition is going to be invited to play a match
>>against kramnik.
>>
>>Uri
>
>
>Come on, at fisrt the match was presented as WC vs WC. Later it was changed
>to best computer vs Kramnik and now even this info is also removed from the
>BGN page.
>
>Ed


It has been a debacle from day 1.  This is often what happens when such "ideas"
are created in a back-room somewhere without any public discussion until _after_
all the details are firmed up.



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