Author: Wayne Lowrance
Date: 06:46:32 07/31/01
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On July 31, 2001 at 07:23:23, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: >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". "A professional way" would have given notice in a year advance, not in the way it was done in this case. Bye the way, I think it is very understandable to withdraw. How better a way to express disaproval. It is the event's loss, they can spend more time with their family, (more important anyhow). :) > >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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