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

Author: Amir Ban

Date: 02:32:12 11/21/03

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On November 20, 2003 at 23:57:50, Russell Reagan wrote:

>On November 20, 2003 at 19:21:56, Amir Ban wrote:
>
>>I guess if Crafty were given knight odds it would also have a fair chance at
>>winning, but what exactly does that prove ?
>
>Come on Amir...
>
>Do you really believe that winning the WCCC with superior hardware is on par
>with winning the WCCC when given knight odds?
>
>I thought the WCCC was about finding out what was the best chess playing
>computer, hardware and software combination.

Bob didn't say "I can get better hardware than you guys". He said "If I come
with big hardware and you don't, I can beat you".

This is the same as needing a handicap to compete.

Any claim to having the best software/hardware combination had better be backed
with something, like playing.

Amir



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