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Subject: <OOPS> Axe the above...

Author: enrico carrisco

Date: 16:58:37 01/24/04

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On January 24, 2004 at 19:56:26, enrico carrisco wrote:

>On January 24, 2004 at 00:29:23, Thomas Mayer wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>well - it's near... :) And it seems to be the biggest CCT ever, so far 46
>>participants and maybe some more will be on the list tomorrow night.
>>
>>How will the seeding be done this year ? Two possibilities get in my mind:
>>
>>a) we seed according to the standard rating of those account
>>b) we seed first those that have participated last CCT according to the rank
>>they achieved. After that we add the new engines sorted alphabetical
>>
>>I think b) is maybe best - only big problem I have with Rebel - it would be
>>seeded very low in that list. a) has the problem that there are several new
>>accounts with so far unreal standard rating...
>>There is also possibility c) -> seed randomly...
>>
>>The next question: What will happen when we have an odd number of participants.
>>I would offer to run a GnuChess 4 or a TSCP on one of my PCs... I just need an
>>account for that - if needed. You all know that there is nothing worser then a
>>bye...
>>
>>I want to close with some hints for the newbies:
>>Play some testmatches before the tournament on the server - maybe even interrupt
>>some games to see if it is still working. Get familiar with the options at ICC,
>>how to talk with others. Turn channel 64 on - usually everything about the
>>tourney is discussed there. Get familiar with the formula stuff, something like
>>"set formula time=45 & inc=10 & !rated & computer" should work fine. Take a look
>>if you kibitzing is working correct and that all the things are shown correctly
>>according to the rules (score, deptht & predicted move)
>
>Score is not one of the rules.  Here is the info from Volker's page:
>
>The following informations must be shown during the game: evaluation, depth and
>predicted moves .

Been up too long...  Somehow I was thinking about pondering on opponent's move.

><snip>
>
>-elc.



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