Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 08:05:03 01/28/04
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On January 28, 2004 at 10:30:39, Matthew Hull wrote: >On January 28, 2004 at 10:11:54, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On January 28, 2004 at 06:02:21, José Carlos wrote: >> >>> I agree with most that odd number of participants sucks, and that in case of >>>odd number we should allow Olithink to participate this time. But if someone >>>else complains he/she would have exactly the same right as Oliver to enter the >>>tournament after the deadline. >>> So for CCT7 I suggest to have a reserve engine decided _before_ the deadline >>>comes. Gnuchess is an option but, in principle, any not so strong engine >>>qualifies. There could be, for instance, in the register form an option to vote >>>for a reserve engine among a list of logical candidates (GNU, TSCP, Gerbil, >>>...). >>> >>> José C. >> >> >>I would propose the following: >> >>1. Olithink plays. I don't see a problem with a last-minute addition, >>particularly if it eliminates the "bye" issue. >> >>2. We _always_ have a "provisional entry" (gnuchessx or tscp or something) "on >>call" so that if someone has to drop out at the last minute, we don't end up >>with an odd number of players and the bye problem again. > > >I noticed in one post that the tomato robot can't handle non-same-day tourneys. >It seems to me that it is essential to have a robot that could, taking the load >off the one poor guy (Volker). This might make such tourneys easier to manage, >and thus we might have more of them than just one a year, and just one format. >The easier these are to automate, the more it will open up options for >competition. There are so many decent engines now, that you could have entire >championship cycles with a "zonal" round-robins leading up to a penultimate >match, all within a simgle year. > >The sophistication that this automation would enable would blow away the >marginal, archaic, manual, human-error-prone ECCC. I Second That Motion! Someone wish to donate their time and skills to ICC for the construction of such a robot? It takes money to hire a programmer. Where will the money come from? Since it is the community of amateur chess programmers who would benefit most, then maybe it is they who should create this robot, gratus. I propose the new robot be called "Robby," in memory of the super science fiction story in which Robby made his first debut. Bob D.
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