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Subject: Re: Swedish list in danger!

Author: Bert Seifriz

Date: 12:50:23 12/21/98

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On December 21, 1998 at 06:37:59, Carsten Kossendey wrote:

>On December 21, 1998 at 05:39:07, Mark Young wrote:
>
>>From www.gambitsoft.com/news.htm
>>
>>
>>It is not clear if the Swedish Chess Computer Club will carry on with its famous
>>Elo list next year. There seem to be not enough members anymore.
>>Now this would be terrible. The neutral Swedes were always criticized by those
>>who thought their program belonged to the top, but were not on top of the list.
>>Now each producer will make his own list and then we will have 25 world
>>champions at the same time! - 12/21/98
>
>Last time I checked, the SSDF didn't declare anyone to be world champion based
>on their rating list ...

Well everybody knows that, but a database of some 50 000 games
with several hundred games for each program shows a bit more
to me than a five day world championship with 9 rounds Swiss system!!!
In case the Swedes give up every serious observer of this scene can
imagine what will happen. We had enough examples already of "tests"
by interested parties.

And contrary to some people here who are engaged to their only
and single love baby, some Swedes are obviously tired and fed up
of testing year in and out. It was not that some sinister souls in Sweden
had some dark thoughts which program they should push on top.
Most testers have worked for many years now and they do just not
care anymore which program wins or loses!
Bert/gambitsoft.com







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