Author: Richard Pijl
Date: 08:50:17 05/19/04
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> > >All the other participants were programmed with the advanced idea of automated >play. The programmer's presence was not required. For instance, crafty plays >in the weekly Grand Prix qualifier completely unattended. > > >It's too bad DIEP was not programmed to play by itself. Then you could have >participated in both events through the wonders of technology. > > >Oh well. Perhaps those advanced features will grace the next version of DIEP. > > You do not seem to grasp the idea behind participating in a tournament. It is not about playing games. It is not about winning prizes. It is not about pleasing spectators It is about meeting the other participants. It is about fair competition with minimized fraud possibilities. (hitting the 'move-now' button or changing engine setting mid-game is easy when you can't been seen by your opponent) I've participated in the last two CCT-tournaments. I also join in the grand-prix cycle on ICC. I think it is a nice way of organizing a tournament. But chat online is limited, and channel 64 is (during CCT) usually spammed by nitwits. I've also participated in 3 CSVN tournaments, 2 Dutch championships and one tournament in Paderborn, all requiring presence of the author/operator. I also visited (as a spectator) Maastricht 2002 twice, and Paderborn 2003. I had to skip Graz 2003 because of my daughters birthday that was during the tournament. If I have to chose between participating in an on-site tournament and an on-line tournament I'll choose the on-site tournament if my funds are sufficient. There you'll have the possibility of really meet all the heroes of computer chess, drink a beer with them and have dinner with them. I don't see that happening in an online tournament. Richard.
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