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Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT : Correspondence computer chess tournament 2002

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 14:47:41 08/11/02

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On August 11, 2002 at 17:12:32, irv wrote:

>On August 10, 2002 at 05:50:07, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>
>>I planned to organize this event
>>the past tournament have been interresting
>>
>>Planned : - 2 groups
>>          - 8 players per group
>>          - round robin
>>          - all games played simultaneously
>>          - time control 18h/move on a Athlon 1,2 Ghz
>>          - needed 56 volunteers to run analysis during night (+part of the day
>>for the slowest)
>>          - Engine upgrade during tournament is ALLOWED
>>          - Begining of the tournament around the 25 aug 2002
>>          - all the current position will be poste here [d], and I hope to show
>>the thinking log for each move here too !
>>
>>
>>1st goup : Fritz, Junior, Tiger, Shredder, Chessmaster xk, Hiarcs, Rebel, Crafty
>>
>>2nd goup : Yace?, Aristarch?, Tao?, Diep?, List?, Little Goliat?, Pepito?,
>>LambChop ?, Comet Bx ? ... it will a hard task to choose the best freewares :(
>>
>>
>>I need your input, your ideas, your comments ...
>>
>>when the participants will be decide, the volunteers can send me the log for a
>>special position (still to be set) to see the speed, the faster will be elected
>>...
>
>i think the winner of the first group should have to play the winner of the 2nd
>group in a 6 game match .would it not be shocking if the best freeware was
>better than fritz or tiger ??????????

There are more than hundred of free programs when there are only
few commercial programs.

When you choose a free program you simply have more choices
to make so maybe it will be shocking if
the best commercial program is better than the best free program
(;_

Uri



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