Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:19:18 06/18/02
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On June 18, 2002 at 15:08:48, Louis Fagliano wrote: >Maybe I'm not getting something, but in these types of "official" computer chess >tournaments, why do the programmers and operators actually get out a board and >pieces to play with when they all have GUI's right there on their screens? Why >not dispense with that seemingly superflorous prop? Even if some programs are >not compatable with the auto232 player, they can still transfer the moves from >screen to screen directly with out "playing" it on a board. > >After all, the super Cadaques tournament run by Enrique who also did a 24-game >match between Fritz and Junior to officially determine who would challenge >Kramnik did all of the games via the auto232 player and did not waste his time >with a board and pieces. They could do the whole thing over the internet, for that matter. The computers could play while everyone slept and in the morning they could find out the winner. The reason they all sit down in a room is purely social, I think.
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