Author: Aaron Tay
Date: 08:42:03 05/06/01
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On May 06, 2001 at 08:17:46, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On May 06, 2001 at 06:02:44, stuart taylor wrote: > >> >>Shredder is also possible, but nothing else would ever win, or atleast very >>unlikely. You can't call this any kind of championship without the Tigers, >>Fritz and Junior atleast. >> What's the whole thing worth when people will be saying later on that Hiarcs >>(or Shredder) is better than Fritz, Junior, GT and CT, because it won the >>tournament? >>S.Taylor > >Ehm, Junior IS participating. > >Nothing stops the Tigers or Fritz from participating. If they >don't want to well than it their problem isn't it? > >Your comment that the tournament is worth nothing because those >programs aren't in is senseless. We're holding CCT3 and the program >that wins will be the winner of CCT3 and nothing more. This isn't >an official title of any kind. > >Winning this tournament is an accomplishment but of course it >doesn't mean anything with regards to that programs performance >vs programs that weren't in. If anyone claims anything to that >matter they are simply wrong. > >As for Hiarcs8 winning, we'll have to see. Could be Shredder(last >winner) or Crafy(first winner) too. Maybe Junior. Or one of the >amateurs if he gets lucky. > >It's unfortunate Deep Fritz isn't in though. Maybe Franz is afraid >of another trouncing at the hands of Shredder (tounge in cheeck :) Just good PR. The "strongest" program on the planet will look really bad if it doesn't win this tournament..Of course, you excuse the failure of Fritz to win based on hardware excuses all you want, but in the end, failure to win for Fritz would just fuel furthur speculation that some other program should play Kramnik.. >-- >GCP
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