Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:09:26 03/01/04
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On March 01, 2004 at 18:12:43, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On March 01, 2004 at 15:24:34, Mike S. wrote: > >>I'm no chess programmer, but from a spectator's viewpoint, I'd prefer that a >>full round robin is played, if necessary at shorter time controls. For example, >>wouldn't it be possible to play 2 rounds per day with a time control of 40/40? >>Then, a full round robin could be played during 9 days, if the number of >>participants isn't higher than 19. >> >>(I think 40/2h or 60/2h or the like isn't significantly better than 40/40m.) >> >>Regards, >>M.Scheidl > >I disagree with 40/40. That practical means you have like 25 minutes a game, as >you lose 15 minutes operating time. No automatic play we will not do, because >automatic protocols will FUCK you simply. > >Example the UCI protocol when used by chessbase will give the opponent 1MB >hashtables. Crafty you simply give a takeback then a force move (and it won't >ponder anymore) and so on. So automatic protocols, forget it. > n That is pure bullshit. Automatic protocols work _perfectly_. Some interfaces might well suck, but that is not my problem. Xboard works _perfectly_. As does other xboard-compatible interfaces. At the last CCT, we had 50+ entries, _zero_ problems. For seven rounds + playoff games. automatic can work just fine, if you want it to. Or if all you want to do is find excuses why it can't work, then it will never work... >25 minutes is of course something that means we go back to the middle 90s where >search dominated more than it does now (evaluation dominates now). > >We want of course a tournament that is REPRESENTATIVE towards human world champs >too. Playing a serious level and not some rapid level is therefore needed. > >Note many days we already play 2 rounds. I personally prefer 40 in 2 + 1 rest of >the game above the already quick level of 60 in 2 + 30 rest of the game. > >practically you'll have less than 2 minutes a move nowadays. > >In 1999 that still was 3 minutes a move. > >So it is already quite something faster. > >In FIDE it's still 40 in 2 + 20 in 1 + 15. *every* competition i play or join is >either that level or in belgium for example the level is 40 in 2 + 1.
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