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Subject: Re: Open Dutch (10) Xinix beats Ruffian!!

Author: Thorsten Czub

Date: 04:53:28 10/26/03

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On October 26, 2003 at 07:51:42, Thomas Mayer wrote:

>I think the reason is quite simple: They had no equal number of participants -
>and there is nothing more uninteresting to have a bye during the rounds,
>especially in the last round - so they choose GnuChess to give at least a
>competition - but on a hardware where it should usually not have any influence
>on the final result... So I think the decision was okay.
>
>Greets, Thomas

if they use GNU chess + slow hardware it IS almost always a won point.
so there is no difference in choosing NO opponent or a too weak opponent.



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