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Subject: Re: Leiden depressions

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 09:29:30 11/07/01

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On November 07, 2001 at 04:19:00, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On November 07, 2001 at 04:04:47, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On November 07, 2001 at 01:48:40, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>>
>>>On November 07, 2001 at 01:27:01, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>
>>>>I want to see a tournament of programs and not a tournament  that is also of
>>>>operators.
>>>
>>>You can run those for yourself.
>>>
>>>The whole *point* of the Dutch open and similar competitions is that
>>>it's a competition between programmers IMHO.
>>
>>I know that it is a competition between programmers but
>>the exact competition except operator time
>>can be done on ICC with changing the book or the program
>>between games.
>
>Absolutely not.
>
>There is a big difference between meeting your opponent
>in real life, and being able to discuss (yes, that's possible
>on a server too, but its not the same) what and how the
>programs work and evaluate the position.
>
>A real event is much more exciting than an internet event,
>just because of actually meeting the people behind the machines.
>
>This is also why I think it's very important the author is
>present.
>
>--
>GCP

Note that I advocate an automatic interface to eliminate the human during
the game...  but that I do _not_ advocate no programmers attending.  The
tournament (IMHO) would be held exactly as it has been held, except the
programs gathered together use an auto-interface to send moves and get clock
updates, rather than depending on a human.  This leaves _more_ time for the
humans to exchange ideas, discuss _all_ the active games, and enjoy the event
more...



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