Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 13:03:55 07/20/02
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On July 19, 2002 at 19:22:55, José Carlos wrote:
>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.
Human interference adds an error dimension so in the end it's even more random
(I mean that the result has nothing to do with which program is really the
best).
> Doing thousands of autoplayer games is science.
> Doing tournaments with a few rounds and human decisions (before the game, not
>during) is fun.
That's right. It's just for fun. I think it's worth to mention over and over
again because there are people who still take these results seriously.
Christophe
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