Author: Mike S.
Date: 04:20:32 01/28/04
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On January 27, 2004 at 22:55:22, Thomas Mayer wrote: >(...) What should they have done ? Take a couple of balanced normal positions with a variety of plausible continuations, download Crafty, and simply run List & Crafty in these positions. Then compare the engine output each, BEFORE DISQUALIFYING SOMEBODY ONLY BASED ON SUSPICION WITHOUT A PROOF. I guess even a newbie computerchess fan would find that idea. (It was done after the incident by others, and no similarities have been found.) Why didn't the responsible ICGA officials find that simple idea? Actually they could have asked the one who raised the protest then (or right away), if he didn't make that comparison, before issueing such a serious suspicion. They should have demanded better data supporting the protest first, or try to find such data themselves as described above, before starting to prosecute the "defendant" when the evidence (if it could be called evidence at all) was so weak. I'm afraid the ICGA is not aware that Computerchess WCh's are not just friendly social gatherings of people sharing a hobby anymore, but tough serious competition with a worldwide audience and potential influence on income and life of the participants. IOW that their decisions can have really serious consequences for the participants affected. I really think this has been underestimated. Also, they may not have been aware that List was just about to reach a commercial performance level (or even had reached it already) which makes things even more serious. And I mean real commercial level, not just putting a price tag on it. Regards, M.Scheidl
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