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

Author: Frank Phillips

Date: 06:24:19 11/17/02

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On November 17, 2002 at 02:50:30, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>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.
>
>--
>GCP


The taking part?  ;-)

Frank



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