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Subject: Re: About CC-events in the US (Ignore previous post)

Author: Amir Ban

Date: 16:21:56 11/20/03

On November 20, 2003 at 11:00:09, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On November 20, 2003 at 10:57:20, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On November 19, 2003 at 18:25:40, martin fierz wrote:
>>>
>>>sheesh!
>>>
>>>if anyone is missing a point here it's you! why don't you read the post
>>>completely before crying wolf?
>>>
>>>matthew suggested that holding a CC world championship without US participation
>>>is about like playing a human chess world championship without russians.
>>>
>>>that statement is totally wrong. there is simply not a single US program which
>>>is anywhere near the top of computer chess, period.
>
>That statement is _totally_ wrong.  The WCCC is an "open hardware" event.
>If you take the top commercial programs running on a single CPU box, and
>Crafty running on a big Opteron box, I'd claim Crafty has at _least_ as good
>a chance of winning as any one-cpu program, and probably better chances.
>
>You are overlooking the major difference between the WMCCC event and the
>WCCC event.  Hardware is a _big_ part of the WCCC when the _right_ programs
>participate.
>

There is no WMCCC any more. The one in 2000 was the last one.

I guess if Crafty were given knight odds it would also have a fair chance at
winning, but what exactly does that prove ?

Amir


>
>> 5 russians are in the top 10
>>>humans, and they are on number one and two. so i challenged his opinion... am i
>>>right or am i right with that? if i happen to be wrong then correct me. but
>>>don't come with something that has nothing to do with my original post!
>>
>>>
>>>i NEVER said you needed to be good to play in the world championship. i said i
>>>was in favor of a championship in the US. i guess you missed that...
>>>
>>>if you guys just read what i write instead of reading what you think i wouldn't
>>>have to post this stuff...
>>>
>>>cheers
>>> martin

Re: About CC-events in the US (Ignore previous post) Russell Reagan 20:57:50 11/20/03
- Re: About CC-events in the US (Ignore previous post) Amir Ban 02:32:12 11/21/03
  - Re: About CC-events in the US (Ignore previous post) Russell Reagan 08:43:56 11/21/03
  - Re: About CC-events in the US (Ignore previous post) Robert Hyatt 07:21:41 11/21/03
  - Amir's obfuscation is exposed. :-) Matthew Hull 05:43:28 11/21/03
    - Re: Amir's obfuscation is exposed. :-) Uri Blass 06:39:35 11/21/03
      - Re: Amir's obfuscation is exposed. :-) Robert Hyatt 07:25:25 11/21/03
        
        Re: Amir's obfuscation is exposed. :-) Uri Blass 07:35:20 11/21/03
        
        Re: Amir's obfuscation is exposed. :-) Robert Hyatt 14:52:16 11/21/03
        
        Re: Amir's obfuscation is exposed. :-) Uri Blass 15:46:21 11/21/03
        
        Re: Amir's obfuscation is exposed. :-) Terry McCracken 22:18:24 11/21/03
        
        Re: Amir's obfuscation is exposed. :-) Robert Hyatt 17:09:45 11/22/03
      - Re: Amir's obfuscation is exposed. :-) Matthew Hull 07:19:23 11/21/03
        
        Re: Amir's obfuscation is exposed. :-) Uri Blass 07:59:26 11/21/03
        
        Re: Amir's obfuscation is exposed. :-) Robert Hyatt 14:53:21 11/21/03
Re: About CC-events in the US (Ignore previous post) Robert Hyatt 20:06:55 11/20/03
Re: About CC-events in the US (Ignore previous post) enrico carrisco 17:07:56 11/20/03
Re: About CC-events in the US (Ignore previous post) Eugene Nalimov 17:07:24 11/20/03

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