Author: Frank Phillips
Date: 09:16:13 12/02/03
Go up one level in this thread
On December 01, 2003 at 20:05:43, Thomas Mayer wrote: >Hi Mike, > >two statements: To me the shown evidence about List was suspicious enough to ask >the author about clarification. He refused. So what would you do, knowing the >rules ? >second: I would not send at any point my source to the ICGA - but also at any >point during the tournament I would agree to show parts of my source if they get >suspicious in some way about it. But they would never leave my harddisk. The >only person that has insight in my Code is Dann Corbit - simply I trust him >fully. > >Ah, some more statements: >You mean WCCC 2004... :))) Not WMCC and not 2006... :) I am looking forward to >Tel Aviv and hope to be there - at the moment the problem is my girlfriend, I >will only participate if she would like to go there with me - and for the moment >she thinks that it is to risky - which is understandable. I hope that Omid, Amir >and Shay can give me some good ideas how I can convince her... :) > >About the draw claim - Johannes reaction is understandable to me, it was very >fair. But on second sight it was uncorrect... I have no idea what I would have >done when I would have been in the same position. In this case I am quite happy >that Quark would have taken the decision away from me -> it would have claimed >the draw and would refuse to play on. Sometimes it is a good idea to use >WinBoard as UI... :) I would have been embarassed too. But his is why the decision is for the TD to make according to the rules guided by the spirit of the rules and the competiton (eg machine versus machine). > >Besides: The TD did a good job in my opinion. In ALL their decisions. At first I >did not agree with Jaap about the draw, but he did explain it to me in a way >that makes it understandable to me. But we all know that for the future there >must be a clear rule how this should be handled in the future... Would you elaborate on the Jaap's explaination? I can only assume it subtle or farsighted. Frank > >Greets, Thomas
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.