Author: José Carlos
Date: 16:22:55 07/19/02
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On July 19, 2002 at 16:49:33, Christophe Theron wrote: >On July 19, 2002 at 09:54:08, Uri Blass wrote: > >>world championship. >> >>I suggest that the rules can say that the games are >>played under winboard(pondering off,animation off). >> >>Every 2 programs can play 100 or even more games between >>them so the total number of games of every program can be >>at least 5000. >> >>I believe that we may get significant results >>by that idea. >> >>Uri > > > >Just one remark: the WCCC or WMCCC is not designed to show which program is the >best. > >It is designed to give the trophy at random amongst the most valuable >participants, with a little preference for those who can hire the fastest >available hardware. > >Where is the fun if the best wins? > >So what you suggest is exactly what is to be avoided for the WCCC or WMCCC. > > > > Christophe I partially disagree. Certainly, WCCC doesn't show what program is best. That's obvious. But WCCC is a team competition, where the programmer/operator and book expert are involved in choosing book lines, adjusting contempt factor or changing other parameters. So it's not totally random. Everytime a human is involved, there're decisions that affect the result in some way. I think that's the fun of those tournaments. Doing thousands of autoplayer games is science. Doing tournaments with a few rounds and human decisions (before the game, not during) is fun. José C.
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