Author: Daniel Clausen
Date: 08:19:07 01/28/04
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On January 28, 2004 at 11:05:03, Bob Durrett wrote: >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. Well, if the only problem of the tomato robot is the fact, that it can't handle tourneys of multiple days, it doesn't seem to be a very big problem to change that. Maybe ask Mr. Tomato for multi-day support of some kind. It could be easier then we think. :) Sargon
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