Author: Marc Plum
Date: 10:20:00 06/06/98
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On June 04, 1998 at 18:29:13, Bruce Moreland wrote: >I wish folks would use the titles they win, without embellishing them, >and I wish they would state they year that they win them, unless they >won them this year. (considerable snippage) And now I annoy everyone with newbie questions. I generally ignore the "championship" and "our computer beat grandmaster X" claims in adds for programs, unless I have some other source of information on where these claims come from. Still, this does make me curious. I have noticed the different championship titles used in adds; I've seen at least three. 1 World Microcomputer Chess Champion. 2 Absolute World Microcomputer Chess Champion 3 World Professional Microcomputer Chess Champion I may have seen others. I have seen tournament reports on the WMCCs and played over some of games from them, so these claims are possible to evaluate. Another message in this thread seems to be saying that the "professional" title is awarded to the highest professional finisher in this tournament, although that is not entirely clear. I have no idea what the "Absolute" title is supposed to mean, can someone tell me? MChess Pro 7.1 uses this one in the phrase "Update to the 1995 Absolute World Microcomputer Chess Champion", and it is a top program. Are there other titles of any significance? Marc
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