Author: Jeroen van Dorp
Date: 04:23:23 07/31/01
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On July 31, 2001 at 06:55:11, Uri Blass wrote: >If this is the reason you can still participate with your single processor. > >History proved that single processor against multi-processors is not a struggle >with no chance and shredder won WCCC inspite of having only one proccesor. > >I think the correct reason for the withdrawl should be different and it should >be done in order to convince people to avoid similiar behaviour in the future. >This reason is correct also for the people who have the hardware advantage. > >If chessbase decides to refuse to play in the competition because of this reason >or decide to "cheat" and use only one processor for the competition they can >earn some respect from the public. > >Unfortunately I do not expect them to do it and I do not say it because I hate >chessbase. Organizers should be clear about the set rules. A contestant decides to participate based on what he or she can expect from the tournament and the competition. This goes for *every* sports event. I haven't checked the rules at the time when the Rebel class decided to enter competition, but from the reactions I read here it seems that the rules were changed after entries were made, and without informing or consulting (all) the participants. I doubt if there's any malice involved, I'd rather think it was decided in a "non-professional way". When organizing a running event for people missing one leg, the last minute decision to let people with two legs run in the event as well might be a very sympathetic rule, aimed at "further integration of handicapped and non-handicapped people", but it leaves the one legged people without a chance of competing with each other, reason why they joined in the first place. Mind you, it's no comparison of one-processor against multiprocessors, but a comparison of the unfairness of untimely changing the rules. The WCCC change might be a good change, but in that case it should be a good change for the next event. J.
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