Author: Ulrich Tuerke
Date: 14:17:21 11/28/03
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On November 28, 2003 at 16:33:56, Uri Blass wrote: >On November 28, 2003 at 16:07:25, Ulrich Tuerke wrote: > >>On November 28, 2003 at 15:03:55, James T. Walker wrote: >> >>>At this point it is sensless to speculate whether List is a clone of Crafty or >>>not. There was an accusation. There was a request(demand) for source code from >>>the author. He chose not to respond as required by the rules. He was >>>disqualified for that reason. It all seems perfectly clear to me. Maybe this >>>will cause future rules changes but that's another story. >>>Jim >> >>The question is whether the demand to inspect the source code had been based on >>a _reasonable_ accusation. All we have heard so far about that is that "the >>complaint is supported by circumstantial evidence". Frankly, I have no idea >>about the meaning of this. I hope we will know one day. :( >> >>OTOH, Fritz Reul had been offered the chance to clarify these issues next week >>in Frankfurt with Dr. Heinz. Fritz is living rather close to Frankfurt. So this >>looks at least like a fair chance. But he hadn't replied to this offer, afaik. >> >>Should it turn out that the "circumstantial evidence" has substance, then I >>would say that the actions done by ICGA had been okay. After all, participating >>in this tourney means acceptance of the tourney rules. >> >>Uli > >I think that it was a mistake to allow list to play in the first place even >without the accusation and the fact that Fritz Reul did not travel to graz but >stayed in germany is enough to cancel list. > >It seems that Fritz does not care much about the tournament and the people who >are punished by the decision are mainly the programmers who get technical win >against List. I agree. He doesn't seem to have too much interest in tourneys. In the beginning of this year, I had suggested to him to go to the Paderborn tourney but he had other priorities. I guess that now someone (ChessBase ?) had manged to find an operator for List and so he finally agreed to participate because he didn't have to go himself. > >People did not travel to graz in order to get a technical win against list. > >If you cancel people then you should do it in the beginning of the tournament so >you can care to even number of players by using a program with free source code >like crafty. Exactly. The whole thing is quite unfortunate now: not only for Fritz Reul but also for the other participants and the organizers. Uli > >Uri
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