Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 16:28:07 07/12/98
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On July 12, 1998 at 17:01:59, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On July 12, 1998 at 16:33:18, Don Dailey wrote: > >>>>if you are talking about the WCCC, never fear...I'll do my best to have >>>>an entry ready and I'll be there, because these events are only 5 rounds >>>>with 2 on the weekend. >> >>By the way, WCCC will be a 5 day event, Monday through Friday. I think >>it will be 1 round on Monday, and then 2 per day to get 9 rounds. >> >>The time control will be faster than the old 40/2 time control. >>This was all discussed at the last WCCC. Excellent idea, those 5 round events were pretty insane in my opinion - too much emphasis on luck. Just look at the last WCCC where Fritz score a freak win over Deep Blue. Something like game in 60 would be sensible, allowing 2 or 3 rounds per day. >> >>- Don > > >Someone didn't think very clearly. The reason the WCCC (and ACM) events >have been held partially on weekends was to make it easier for big-iron >computer chess programs to enter. We never had any problem with time on >saturday/sunday, but monday-friday was always a real problem, because that's >when these computers are heavily used. Having the bulk of the tournament on a weekend sounds sensible if it allows the 'big-iron' machines to play. > >The WCCC does *not* need 32 entries. It should be limited to 16 at most, >and that's not hard to do. There is no need in making it "open to everyone" >because that only drives up the number of rounds. with 16 programs, 4 rounds >will get a clear 1st place (ignoring draws) while 5 rounds gets a clear 1-4 >places (again ignoring draws). The micro-based programs will not have a >problem, but there's not a lot of chance in getting top-of-the-line big >iron for 5 days, 9 rounds, which means rounds in *prime-time* during the >day. Do you really think the Computer Chess World would be best served by a 16 player tournament? This seems like a dated concept - especially to the *many* programmers who would likely be excluded :-). Surely the aim of such a tournament is not only to establish the champion program/machine combination, but to stimulate activity in the field. The best solution is to make it a large tournament, with a sufficiently large number of rounds (eg. 9) to make it a decent tournament. A slightly reduced time control is a very small price to pay for the advantages of this format. Regards, Peter
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