Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 13:22:31 02/02/04
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On February 02, 2004 at 16:11:21, Bob Durrett wrote: >On February 02, 2004 at 15:14:48, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On February 02, 2004 at 13:54:31, Bob Durrett wrote: >> >>>On February 02, 2004 at 09:51:22, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On February 02, 2004 at 05:48:56, Thao Tak-Sen wrote: >>>> >>>>>Hello Robert, >>>>> >>>>>congrats on achieving CCT6 title >>>>>it is getting too late,GO ON >>>>>do your WORK!try to finish "what is in your to do list" >>>>> >>>>>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?345202 >>>>> >>>>>Remember? :)) >>>>> >>>>>next time Crafty running on quad 4 X 2.2 GHZ opteron would battle >>>>>Shredder,Fritz and Hydra! >>>>>any plans for IPCCC paderborn and CSVN Leiden? >>>>> >>>>>Tak-Sen >>>> >>>> >>>>I would like to make a WCCC event at some point. But with the present group >>>>running the thing, and the week+ time-frame, I don't see how. Other events are >>>>also difficult. IE some are on two weekends. Not practical from a travel point >>>>of view for international competitors. >>>> >>>>But, based on current reasoning, "since I obviously have a chance to win, I will >>>>come at some point in time." :) >>> >>>Bob H., the solution is for someone familiar with Crafty and technically >>>competent to serve as a Crafty operator in your place. >>> >>>Bob D. >> >>If it were only that simple. :) I have done that twice at WMCCC events, but >>the rules were changed to make it impossible. IE the rules were modified to say >>that a program _author_ had to attend. But then they chose to not enforce those >>without letting me know it was still an option. Now I think they just charge a >>higher entry fee, which is a ridiculous concept in its own right. > >There is at least one person here at CCC who might, hopefully, be able to make >the case for being an "author" for Crafty, albeit a minor one. That would be a >distortion of the true facts perhaps, but it might work. Some chess programs >have multiple authors. Surely they would not require that all of these authors >be present. If someone here has his own modified version of Crafty [modified >with your blessing] then maybe it could be entered. At least that would get >around the higher entry fee. > >Of course, the problem may nnot be that easy either. : ( > >There may be a determined effort by someone to exclude Crafty, although I do not >suggest paranoia on this topic. Maybe they would claim that the version entered >was another "Crafty clone"? ["Anything remotely resembling Crafty must be >excluded."] > >Anyway, at some point there are diminishing returns and it's not worth the >effort. > >Bob D. Particularly considering the number of participants at CCT6 vs the last WCCC event. :)
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