Author: Larry Proffer
Date: 02:05:03 05/03/01
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On May 03, 2001 at 04:24:23, Tony Hedlund wrote: >On May 02, 2001 at 07:50:10, Larry Proffer wrote: > >>On May 02, 2001 at 06:29:56, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >> >>>Brain Games Network, the organizers of the Man vs Machine match scheduled >>>for October 2001 in Bahrain, asked me to play a qualification event among the >>>strongest chess programs to determine which will play Mr Kramnik. One >>>important condition specified by BGN was that the programs should be able to >>>run on an eight processor machine which will be used in the match in Bahrain; >>>another was that the Qualifier must be concluded before the second week of >>>May, in order to meet contractual agreements with the BGN world champion >>>Vladimir Kramnik. >> >>Sounds right but muddled ordering gives a wrong impression. >> >>BGN wanted to make a Kramnik-program match. >> >>BGN wanted a pre-program match to generate publicity and interest. >> >>BGN do not know much about computer chess and they came from a particular >>direction that led them to first Ossi, and then Chessbase. >> >>Ossi didn't want any competition for 'his' program. 100% win chance. >> >>Chessbase wanted their programs in but no others. Win chances increased. >> >>Chessbase proposed using Enrique as 'Linares of Computer Chess' organiser. >> >>Somehow SSDF became involved. > >SSDF have never been involved in this matter. Bertil Eklund was consulted since >he has tested chessprograms for 25 years. > >Tony That's what I thought too. Bertil had said it was him and not SSDF. But then, Enrique Irazoqui made a post (fuller section below) containing the text: "GM Raymond Keene and Byron Jacobs of BGN, as well as Thoralf Karlsson and Bertil Eklund of the SSDF, were on the CC line of the above exchanges." That is the President of the SSDF involved as well as Bertil, one would assume. Where does the SSDF end, and Thoralf and Bertil begin? There's a line of demarkation clearly drawn someplace? ================================== In spite of my doubts, I agreed to examine a copy of the SMP version of Chess Tiger. However, when I asked Mr Théron to submit an SMP version of Tiger by April 23d, 24 hours before the starting of the tournament, Mr Schröder replied that "Christophe as I already suspected is not able to produce the FINAL SMP version to your suggested dead-line." This was, of course, quite unacceptable to the sponsors, organizers and Mr Kramnik, who had fixed all dates. It was also impossible to include a program that was not only unknown to everyone until April 20th, but not even completed and had not yet played a single game in any public event of any kind. GM Raymond Keene and Byron Jacobs of BGN, as well as Thoralf Karlsson and Bertil Eklund of the SSDF, were on the CC line of the above exchanges. As a personal matter I am convinced that neither an SMP Tiger nor an SMP Rebel were ready for the Qualifiers. However, Mr Schröder and Mr Théron have a chance to refute my conviction by playing with their SMP programs in the International CSVN computer tournament in Holland in the second half of May 2001. Enrique Irazoqui ==================================
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