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Subject: Re: Odd that Tiger and Rebel are not there....

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 23:50:30 11/16/02

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On November 17, 2002 at 02:31:06, Tony Werten wrote:

>Yes, but that's not the point. If you loose this way, your opponent cannot say
>he didn't have any competition.

I think we differ in opinion on that. I don't consider 'almost lost'
games to 'count' for this :)

>Now, the bookmaker and operator said they did have a hard time, it's just the
>man selling this product that said there was no competition. ( Spoken like a
>true salesman, thus not quite correct)

I think the issue is if Chess Tiger wins, then it's no big deal because
it's the expected result and the competition were 2nd rank engines
anyway (see discussions after NK). If it doesn't win then we get the
'OMG Chess Tiger didn't win! The amateurs are so strong! ChessTiger
sucks/plays too passive/...' stuff.

No incentive to compete.

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GCP



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