Author: Thomas Mayer
Date: 05:23:04 10/26/03
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Hi Thorsten, >> 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. > 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. there is a difference - you might see this out of the point of a pure operator - for a programmer there is definitely a difference between not play and play against something weak. And it is important IMO that the added engine has no influence on the final result - this won't be sure with CS Tal - it would not play for the win, of course, but it could have influence through Buchholz or SB... and that's not good when something that does not really participate has such a big influence... even the possibility that it CAN have this influence is to much in my opinion. Greets, Thomas
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