Author: Detlef Pordzik
Date: 07:48:47 07/31/01
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On July 31, 2001 at 10:36:43, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On July 31, 2001 at 10:33:19, Detlef Pordzik wrote: > >>On July 31, 2001 at 01:47:49, Peter McKenzie wrote: >> >>>On July 31, 2001 at 01:17:52, Jouni Uski wrote: >>> >>>>In Chessbits forum I read, that in 18th WMCCC multiprosessors are allowed and >>>>because of this Rebel, Tiger and Gandalf are NOT playing? Hope, that >Crafty18.10 >>>>is there! >>> >>>It is true that multiprocessor machines are allowed, this was a late >>>announcement made only a few weeks ago. In previous years of course only 1 cpu >>>was allowed to be used by each chess program. >>> >>>If Rebel/Tiger/Gandalf are boycotting, I certainly can't blame them. It looks >>>to me like Chessbase has got the ICCA wrapped around its little finger. Of >>>course Fritz will be running on some monster 8-way (or bigger) machine. >> >>I don't wanna comment the ChessBase thing, Peter - but in any case : >>IF this amateur club ICCA changes rules - they'd better announce it in time - >>best for the upfollowing championships. >>If they declare a Micro championship - then it should be one. >> >>They seem to me like folks who pretend to be grocers and only got some knowledge >>'bout cattle. >> >>On the other hand - for me - it wouldn't be sure at all, that FRITZ or whoever >>would win, exeptionally because of running on a mainframe. >>I saw them act personally in Paderborn 1999 - and the winner was the rather slow >>machined....Shredder. >> >>As I've written before, it's a cryin' shame to ALL the fellows who have prepared >>hard and invested their time ( and bucks ) for an event, that won't take place >>this way. >> >>c/u >> >>ELVIS > > >The only constant at these events is "there is no constant." They required an >author a year ago. I couldn't go and didn't try to find someone to go for me >since the rules were very clear. They were changed at the last minute. > >Now we have SMP vs no SMP. Had I taken the time to finish arranging for a good >alpha (single-cpu) machine (I had talked to Compaq about this) it would have not >been worthwhile since now SMP machines are allowed. > >Someone isn't thinking when the rules change that late into things. Rules >should be fixed for a _YEAR_. As they have in the past at ACM events... Oh - you could have participated, Bob...:-)) by paying doubled price - as they tried to drag Ed into this direction, too. To summarize the rest : a) you're totally right - quite naturally b) we can notice ( here too, now ) : Industry rules - nothin' else. c/u ELVIS
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