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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