Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:34:59 12/14/03
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On December 14, 2003 at 21:35:11, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >What changes to the WCCC would make it better? A few suggestions to help get the >ball rolling: > >1- A better TD. > >2- Holding it in North America every once in awhile would certainly help. > >3- A process applied _prior_ to the event to _all_ participants certifying it is >not a clone. > >4- A process applied _prior_ to the event to _all_ participants certifying it >can follow all the rules of chess in a satisfatory manner e.g. draw offers, >draws by repetition, draws by the 50 move rule, resignation procedure, etc. and >anything else I can't think of all without operator interferance. What about a simple extension that solves that: The program muse be compatible with the freely FICS server code, whether it chooses to use xboard/winboard or a custom interface is up to the programmer. But the tournament is held with a LAN connecting all machines, so that no operators are needed once each machine is logged in to the local FICS server. > >5- Only require the program author to attend on the last couple of rounds (a >weekend), so that the impact on the program author's bank account, job, family >life and/or other obligations is minimized. For example, a local volunteer would >handle the earlier rounds. Hiring a local "volunteer" should still be a more >affordable option. That's not really a solution. The thing has too many rounds. All the "interesting" games were over by round 5-6 in Graz. The event simply needs to be long enough to produce the correct results, not a length set by the whim of the organizers to maximize participant expenditures. > >6- The organizer should offer the optional use of locally provided monitor, UPS >and even entire systems including duals and quads. This would save the >participant the cost and anguish of transporting the hardware and adapting it to >local electrical power system, etc. This could be worked in as a possible source >of advertising revenue from computer hardware retailers or manufacturers. For the WCCC a real internet connection is also needed. IE some of these machines are not transportable. But the auto-interface requirement is not eliminated. > >7- Local "zonal" events to pick qualifiers for the main event, which could then >have a fixed number participants in a round robin. That would be a pretty good idea. We talked about that within the ICCA years ago, but nobody would ever agree to it... We were looking at how the old WCC (human) matches were set up as a sort of model.
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