Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 23:47:03 08/19/01
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On August 19, 2001 at 13:44:06, Frank Phillips wrote: >On August 19, 2001 at 13:26:39, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>On August 19, 2001 at 11:10:32, Charles Young wrote: >> >>>Is there a webpage breaking down the hardware the programs at the ICCA match are >>>using ?? >>> >>>I heard there was to be two divisions, single cpu and multi-cpu, yet the >>>homepage only reflects one set of results. Can anyone fill me in on this ? >> >>The rules are rather complicated. There are two groups, the singles and the >>multies. The are paired together in one giant mess. Multies play singles, as >>well as within their own class. >> >>At the end, the top multi wins that title, and the top single wins that title. >> >>If there are ties between two or more multies, or two or more singles, the top >>two (based upon tie-break points), will play a playoff. The playoff is a >>shorter tournament game, if that's drawn there are two blitz games, and if there >>is still a tie there is a blitz game where black has draw odds. >> >>There is also an amateur title, which will be awarded to the top amateur, with >>no playoff possible (ties resolve through tie-break). >> >>Additionally, there are three medals provided by the sponsor, which will be >>awarded to the top three programs based upon tie-break (no playoffs, no >>single/multi distinction). The medals don't have anything to do with any world >>titles, they are just olympiad medals. >> >>The above was the outcome of a large fight in the players' meeting. >> >>bruce > >Err.........so who gets to be World Champion then if the single gets the same or >less points than a mutliprocessor entry. Or do we have two? > >Frank We will have two regardless. If the highest score is a single, we have two titles. If the highest score is a multi, we have two titles. bruce
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