Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 07:19:17 09/22/03
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On September 22, 2003 at 08:54:46, Andrew Williams wrote: >On September 22, 2003 at 08:39:41, Thomas Mayer wrote: > >>Hi Grzegorz, >> >>>Last CCT was only for winboarders in practice. >>>In my opinion it was very bad idea. On the net we can easy find >>>many winboard's tournaments. I can't see any reason why people who >>>haven't got winboard support must do it for this tournament. >>>Tournament without top comercial programs it is not interesting tournamnet. >>>Majority institute justice. >> >>the things you have said might be true for the spectators - as a participant the >>opposite is true. As a participant I love most those in between discussions with >>the opponents. Also this kibitzing is very important in my opinion - it gives a >>good comparison between the programs - in depth and in score. And I never use so >>much time to watch my engine thinking then during such tournaments. >>So now about the commercials: usually it is an operator and not the programmer >>that participate. This is really not interesting, about what should I discuss >>with that one ? Without kibitzing you have no comparisson... >>The only negativ thing about the kibitz and automated rule is, that some >>amateurs could not participate because their chessprogram is written in a >>language which makes it impossible to participate. For me that is the sad side >>of the rule, nothing else. I do not miss the commercials at all. No tears for >>them... And if they really WANT to participate it would be easy for them. But >>they simply don't want to... >> >>Greets, Thomas > >I agree with every word of this!! I have never participated before, but it sounds great. When is the next such tournament organized? Tord > >Andrew
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