Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 13:25:23 06/14/04
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On June 14, 2004 at 09:20:35, Ingo Althofer wrote: >This is a (more detailed) repetition of the price >announcement, made on April 5, 2004 in "Chess Thinkers >Forum". >Please, help to spread the announcement. > > >***************************************** >*** Palestine Chess Programmers Price *** >***************************************** >To motivate Palestine programmers, I set >up a price (with three levels): > >(1) 1,000 Euro for the first Palestine chess >programmer whose baby gets more than 2,200 >rating points (equivalent to SSDF scaling). > >(2) 1,000 Euro for the first Palestine chess >programmer whose baby beats an Israeli program >in an ICGA world championship. > >(3) 1,000 Euro for the first Palestine chess >programmer whose baby gets 50+ percent of the >points in an ICGA world championship. > >Time limits: >End of year 2007 for level (1), >end of 2009 for level (2), >end of 2011 for level (3). A very good initiative. I sincerely hope there would be programmers who would win the prize. > >I feel that "proper" definition of "Palestine chess >programmer" is not easy. Therefore, in the price I >make the following artificial definition: >"Applicants have to be Arabs, and they need to have >permanent residence within 34° and 36° East, and >within 28° and 34 ° North." These geographical coordinations also include Israel, and of course you wouldn't consider an Arab who is living in Israel and has Israeli citizenship eligible, as his program would officially be considered an Israeli program. So a better definition would be: a person living in an area controlled by the Palestinian Authority (or someone who holds a Palestinian Authority issued ID card). I think that is the definition used by the International Olympic Committee. Also, looking at Leo's list of engines (http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/Total.html), I don't see any engine from an Arab country (Hydra cannot be considered an Arab engine, as its author is Austrian). I think it would be better if you extend your prize to the whole Arab world. The following are the Arab countries (members of the Arab League): Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine (represented by PLO), Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen. > >Details on request from >althofer "at" minet.uni-jena.de > >Legal measures are excluded. >(In German: "Der Rechtsweg ist ausgeschlossen.") > > >Ingo Althofer. >*************************************************** > > >--------------------- Comments --------------------------- >(i) Leo Dijksman is willing to help with testing >for the 2200 level. (So applicants do not need to >have their programs in the SSDF list.) > >(ii) Amir Ban has written already in early April 2004: >"... The day that Arabs decide to equal or better Israelis >in competitive and intellectual achievements will also be >the day the conflict ends." >"...I'll double the price" > >(iii) Peter Berger has also offered help. >---------------------------------------------------------
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