Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 11:18:07 05/03/01
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On May 02, 2001 at 21:37:10, John Smith wrote:
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>>It seems that the ICCA lacks the clout to keep things honest.
>
>What do you mean by honest?? Can you please explain.
Done properly, above board, to everyone's satisfaction.
Shredder is the program that deserved to go. If any program could *DEMONSTRATE*
that they could beat shredder then that is another story, but since that was not
done, shredder was the program to beat. Now, at the last WCCC, shredder faced
machines with BUCKETS full of CPU's. Beat them all handily. So the argument,
"Shredder would not hold up against these foes because they will have 8 CPU's"
does not wash.
Now, a major sponsor is a hardware vendor who is coughing up buckets of cash.
This should be encouraged by all means.
;)
I see nothing wrong with a requirement that the programs run on multiple CPU's.
I'm sure the shredder team could cobble up something that works under those
circumstances.
Now, let's not forget the runner up. Was it Deep Junior? Er.. No. Was is Deep
Fritz? Er... No. It was (IIRC) Ferret. Why wasn't Ferret invited or even
mentioned?
If there is any program which is designed from the ground up to run on multiple
CPU's it is crafty. This capability is thoroughly debugged, which may (or may
not) make crafty the strongest competitor on such an architecture.
Here is what should have happened:
1. Give everyone one more month to prepare. It only gives them more time to
hype it anyway.
2. Invite all the multiple CPU competitors, definitely including:
A. Deep Shredder
B. Ferret
C. Deep Junior
D. Deep Fritz
E. Crafty
F. Amy (Amy would have better chances than you think)
G. Diep {Thank goodness he did not call it Deep Diep}
H. One of Gandalf/Hiarcs/Nimzo {whoever can cobble together the best multiple
CPU program}
Have them play a round robin tournament at 40/2. It does not have to cost a
bazillion dollars in hotels and air-fare. Let them play over the internet for
the right to face Kramnik. These games would help build the tension and hype
anyway.
I wish someone would get in touch with COMPAQ, because they have the machines
and the might to do this whole thing right. And with 64 way SMP, they could put
together a machine that would be a *real* challenge for any other chess device
on the planet, including the best humans.
The ICCA is a governing body, but it seems to lack any clout whatsoever. Too
bad.
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