Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 22:56:14 07/31/01
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On August 01, 2001 at 01:50:21, Adam Oellermann wrote: >On August 01, 2001 at 01:39:17, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On August 01, 2001 at 01:32:51, Christophe Theron wrote: >>[snip] >> >>>That sounds interesting. >> >>I think France already has the national championship done (at least I have seen >>French Engine contests that were high profile.) >> >>Is my understanding of the French contest correct, or are those contests only >>informal? >> >>France also has a surprising number of very strong engines: >>Chess Tiger & Gambit Tiger >>AnMon >>The Crazy Bishop >>Zchess (got a new name now, but I forgot what it is) >>Capture (I only see this one in the French contest listings) >>Chess Wizard >>BB Chess >> >>(probably forgetting some others). >> >>I think the Italians, Australains, Spanish and Dutch also have national >>championships of sorts. > >I think the idea of having national tournaments is an excellent way of getting >more dialogue between chess programmers living in a particular country. The only >problem I see as a *qualifier* for a world championship is that many of the >strongest engines would necessarily be excluded, as some countries play host to >more than on top engine. > >What about an ongoing World Championship qualification cycle like the Candidates >tournaments FIDE used to do, only shorter? That way, the reigning champ and >challenger can play a longer match, rather than having to decide the >championship via a tournament with very few games between each engine. The whole idea is to brutally trim (exponentially!) at each stage. That way, the contests don't take a week to run. But a hybrid approach might be best. In any case, it seems that the European contest would be the real bruiser. But then again, weak countries still get invited to the world-cup. (Someone has to be "get-yer-teeth-kicked-in" chaff for the favorites.) ;-)
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