Author: Miguel A. Ballicora
Date: 11:49:32 08/23/01
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On August 23, 2001 at 14:36:16, Dann Corbit wrote: >On August 23, 2001 at 14:26:01, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>I got the following anonymous message in my mailbox >>from another amateur: >> >>>>> >>dat van vincent over openingsboeken op CCC gaat idd over deepfritz.ctg, goliath >>gebruikte dat namelijk ook tijdens Leiden '01. Die had dus keurig deepfritz.ctg >>in zijn interface staan, maar dat verborg ie telkens nadat ie de interface >>opstarte >>>>> >> >>Bah! This is the kind of crap why I don't enjoy computerchess >>anymore. > >Use of commercial books is old hat. You will find that quite a few amateur >programs use the fritz 4 book, and have done so openly for many years. > >If it is not spelled out as a rules violation, then it is not wrong to do so. > >It probably *should* be specified one way or the other. I doubt that it has >been or the problem would not arise. > >Let's congratulate the winners, and put a bit of effort into improving the >system. Perhaps we can send email to Beal or whoever is in charge respecting >requested changes for the future. > >At any rate, an entertaining tournament as always. Shredder has once again >risen to the top, and certainly deserves every accolade. > >Deep Junior was very impressive also. > >And Gromit has obviously made enormous strides. > >Round congratulations to all involved, and many successful tournaments in the >future. I second the congratulations, particularly to Deep Junior. It must have been very painful the way they lost against DF in the match to have a shot at Kramnik. This will smooth things out. Regards, Miguel
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