Author: Arturo Ochoa
Date: 17:33:21 02/19/04
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> >Please re-read what I wrote. I think most anyone here would recognize the >sarcasm, because if you had been following various discussions, Omid, Vincent, >others always do this "he is afraid to come as he will get killed." I've said >many times, I am not afraid to come, I can't afford the time to come. So I >thought I would make the point that Vincent doesn't get off that easily, since >when I don't go to a WCCC, I am afraid of losing, but when he doesn't play in a >CCT which requires no travel or expense, it is reasonable. > >I don't care who plays or doesn't play. I play when I can. And I don't when I >can't, and whether I win or lose or I think I will win or lose has _nothing_ to >do with my decision... > Such personal decision like that, it is not my problem and it wont be my matter... I only said one thing that was misunderstood. As you say: "I dont care". I could improve my declaration: It is fortunated to have free time to go to a chess Tournament. Is it any bad with this? >Sorry, I really wasn't addressing that to you. Again, several have suggested I >don't go to ECCA events because I don't think I can win. I was just making a >sarcastic response with the intent to show that there _are_ other reasons >besides "fear" why someone doesn't participate... > Have your read any similar post written by me about this matter? > >Sorry, but you have to read carefully here. I was not responding _directly_ to >you, although you could certainly take it that way, but it wasn't intended. >Remember that this is a message board where _many_ read. My response was really >meant to be directed toward those that continue to repeat the idiocy that I >wouldn't attend because I would get killed. I think CCT6 shows that I certainly >have a chance to win any event I play in, while I can also lose every game also. > Nothing is a certainty, regardless of what Vincent claims... > I read carefully. But you chose another direction..... Again: have you read any message written by me about this matter? Have you read any message written by me about any opinion good or bad of any chess engine (including Crafty) in this Forum? >>Again: I did not say that you declare something. Why do you feel that I am >>attaking you? > > >I didn't say anything about being attacked, I hope. You mentioned the >declaration, I pointed out I didn't make it, and didn't particularly believe it >either... > > >>I only said: "The declaration that Crafty can crush Hydra is a >>nonsense. could only conclude that after a long match with clear facts. Such >>Match has ever been showed?" I have not mentioned that you said that. >> >>>> >>>>Again, CCT cannot be compared to a live Tournament such as Paderborn. The CCT >>>>time control is faster than the Paderborn Time Control. Second, every game is >>>>run automately. On the contrary, in Paderborn, the operator variable can be a >>>>major problem. >>> >>>That shows a _weakness_ of Paderborn, not a strength. Why should the operator >>>have any influence at all in a "computer chess tournament"??? >> >>Right and obvious: a bad operator can make disaster with a chess program (I >>think that something similar happened with Crafty in some CCT Tournament, could >>you remember what Edition of CCT (CCT4!?)? > >Not that I recall, I believe I did every CCT myself, and I have _always_ run >automated in them with no problems. There were problems at the 1997 WMCCC event >in Paris, but I don't remember what Jason encountered. I do know he had >problems in the blitz event, but I really didn't care... > Thanks, to remember me that. > >Perhaps both of us? I think so. Regards, Arturo Ochoa.
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