Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:24:26 07/30/98
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On July 30, 1998 at 09:38:28, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On July 30, 1998 at 04:26:18, Guido Schimmels wrote: > >>The most elegant way to do this of course would be a laptop with your favorite >>database installed. Otherwise we are quickly running out of opponents - >>remember how pissed Anand was after the match with Rebel, and there were others >>as well ! > >I know this is not your main point, but why was Anand pissed at Rebel after >their match? > >bruce For the record, I've played in a few human tournaments with a strong program, starting in 1981. And *every* tournament I played in ended with some humans that were "pissed". We can discuss this for those that are interested, but the biggest part of the problem is some total morons at USCF that came up with the "you can sign a list and not be paired against the computer." That is the single greatest example of total stupidity I have ever seen. The USCF has done other stupid things too (action chess ratings for computers, without really explaining how these games were played is another). One example, from the famous 1981 tournament Cray Blitz won: We agreed, before starting, that we would *not* take the cash prize. Nor any of the trophies. "The list" was also set up, and this caused a problem... There were two strong players there, Joe Sentef, 2260, and another player just over 2000. Joe had won the trophy the previous 2 years and one more win would have retired the trophy to his house permanently. He elected to not sign "the list" because as the two-time winner he thought it was "chicken". The other guy elected to sign the list and never played us. We beat Joe, joe and the "other guy" played and drew... and the other guy finished at 4.5 and was the highest rated "human" in the event (Cray Blitz was first there). This really wrecked the event, as the best player didn't win because he elected to play the computer and lost a tactical slug-fest. And the bitterness and complaining made this the last Mississippi closed championship tournament we ever played in. Not by our choice either, we were never invited back, after playing in 4 in a row prior to that event (but not on a Cray and not finishing in the top-10).
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