Author: Rex
Date: 07:00:44 05/19/03
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On May 19, 2003 at 09:14:59, Brian Thomas wrote: > >>There is HUGE amounts of stock in this tournament. This was NOT some tourney >>played on someones computer in their basement. Leiden is a highly recognized >>tournement and official one as that. Just look at many commercial programs >>advertising their WIN to this tourney in past years as advertisement for >>themselves. > >I don't think anyone's debating the point that companies DO put so much stock in >the tournament. And I enjoyed watching it, but it was a short match. People >who run tournaments in their basement may have more valid results of engine >playing strength. By having equal hardware, longer time controls, equal books, >etc., the playing field is more equal. The fact that the King did so well being >an underdog is impressive, but could it be sustained over dozens more games? It probably could not sustain over a dozen more games but it did not matter in this offical tourney now did it.
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