Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 12:55:48 11/09/02
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On November 09, 2002 at 12:36:50, Will Singleton wrote: >On November 09, 2002 at 05:01:32, Volker Richey wrote: > >>Now it's time for planning the CCT5-Tournament >> >>**************************************************************** >>The CCT5 is only for programmers!!! or their certified operators >>**************************************************************** >> >>The main problem is to find a playing-date. I think its >>better to take it all at one weekend >>playing mode 9 rounds 30-45min 10inc >> >>some CCT5 rules: >> >>Only the author (or co-author) or someone pointed out by the author >>is allowed to participate in this tournament. The author is >>responsible for the person pointed out. >> >>As for the hardware, you are free to use what ever you want. >>It would be impossible to try to get all participants use the >>same computer-power and to make sure that they do. >> >>Only original programs are allowed and ABSOLUTELY NO CLONES. Most >>programs are pretty well know by the Computer Chess community and >>therefore if brand new, unknown program appears I will consult >>other people to decide its entry in the tournament. >>ICC reserves the right to decline any application for this >>tourney. >> >>for detailed informations look at: >> >>CCT5 homepage: http://www.vrichey.de/cct5 >>CCT5 internal forum: http://www.vrichey.de/forum >> >>following informations were needed: >>Program (e.g. Comet B50): >>Author (e.g. Dr. Ulrich Tuerke): >>Country (e.g. Germany): >>ICC-ELO (e.g. 2500): >>ICChandle (e.g. comet): >>certified Operator (e.g. Hans Mueller): >>HardwareProcessor (e.g. Athlon XP2400+): >>HardwareSpeed (e.g 2,2GHz): >>HardwareMemorySize (e.g. 512MB): >>Hashsize (e.g. 64MB): >>Tablebase (e.g. 3-4-5-some 6): >> >>which are your favourite weekend date? >> >>send the informations to >>cct5@vrichey.de >> >>**************************************************************** >>The CCT5 is only for programmers!!! or their certified operators >>**************************************************************** >> >>Volker Richey > >A 9-round 45/10 might work. Last year we did 11 rounds in two weekends, 60/10, >and there was a bit too much time in between rounds. I'd like to see a proposed >time schedule, to verify that 9 rounds can fit into the one weekend. > >How about Jan 18-19? > >A possible addition to the rules, since the 9 round schedule will be tight: > >Play must be fully automatic. Program must kibitz, after each move, sufficient >information to indicate automatic operation. Programs which do not have a >demonstrated record of fully automatic operation on a chess server are not >allowed. > >Will 9 rounds are too many for the number of participants playing in a swiss. You end up with weird pairing toward the end of the tournament where a high ranked program gets paired with some program ranked in the middle, because the high ranked program has played all the programs ranked higher already. This makes the last round a bit of an anticlimax. Yuck! It makes more sense to play 5 rounds of 2 games each for a total of 10 games. 5 rounds are perfect for the number of contestants entered and now the pairings will always make some sense particularly because color allocation will not be a problem. You will also get more games played between the high ranked programs which will lend more interest to the contest. To me the choice is clear cut. 5 rounds of 2 games each PLEASE!
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