Author: Thorsten Czub
Date: 06:21:11 11/30/03
Go up one level in this thread
On November 30, 2003 at 08:49:35, Daniel Clausen wrote: >I'm not saying the decision was lucky. The whole situation was unlucky. (again, >as with List) BOTH situations were not unlucky. in both situations the same incompetence of the decision makers are the problem that makes it LOOK unlucky. its not about LUCK. luck is that the BUG in shredder appeared in this situation. the tournament director made a false decision. he made the decision once, twice and thrice. >But bashing ICGA/Levy/Jaap for everything they do is a bit lame >too IMHO. (although it seems popular these days :) You miss it. It's not about populism. this is not an election where Jaap or Levy or the ICGA can be ELECTED. Nothing that has to do with democracy. This is about WHAT THEY ARE IN CHARGE FOR ! It is their job to decide. And when they decide, they have to do it right. and not the way they did it. Of course we are allowed to criticise this. They made a champion program on the base of a wrong decision. that makes computerchess championships lead by them ad absurdum for the future. IMO they have to take the consequences out of this "unlucky" (as you call them) decisions and resign. The title is wrong. Shredder is a strong program. it played good. Fritz too. but the decision to make a win out of a draw manipulated the outcome of this championship. in the moment the decision was done, the participants could have seen that this is WRONG and needs a change. but they continued and now they have a WRONG champion. thats the disaster. they made a manipulation. and the participants there ACCEPTED the manipulation.
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.