Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 04:24:45 12/14/03
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On December 13, 2003 at 23:27:30, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>On December 13, 2003 at 19:25:06, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
>
>>On December 13, 2003 at 19:08:06, Matthew Hull wrote:
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>>>[snip]
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>>>>>What "official title"? European World Computer Chess Champion? CCT-6
>>>>>Computer Chess Champion? ACM International Computer Chess Champion?
>>>>
>>>>World Computer Chess Champion.
>>>
>>>
>>>Baloney. Nobody is going to recognize Shredder as WC
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>>Hmmm, more than 2000 websites who seem to care about the WCCC champion are
>>called "nobody" then? http://www.google.com/search?q=computer+chess++graz
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>>Let's replace the world "graz" in our search with the word "cct":
>>http://www.google.com/search?q=computer+chess+cct
>>463 results!
>
>OK. But the first WCCC was in 1974. The last in 2003. How many years
>have CCT events been played? 4 years you say? 4 years and almost 500
>hits, vs 30 years and 2000?
http://www.google.com/search?q=computer+chess+graz
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1 year (only Graz) and 2000 pages.
>That's not a good picture.
>
>Second, did any of those hits take you to discussions about the debacle in
>Graz? Not the kind of publicity you really want.
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>>>becaue Shredder did not
>>>win the WC, because your precious in-person event was a complete bust, even
>>>though no one cheated (as far as we know).
>>>
>>>The "in-person" emphasis is manifestly a crock. What more evidence does one
>>>need?
>>>
>>>
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>>>>>>The physical presence of the programmers (or operators) is inevitable for an
>>>>>>official event, especially one giving the title "World Computer Chess Champion"
>>>>>>to the winner.
>>>
>>>
>>>The title means nothing now. Too few participants and a bogus "winner".
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