Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 15:33:26 07/06/04
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On July 06, 2004 at 18:30:43, James T. Walker wrote: >On July 06, 2004 at 17:21:58, Rolf Tueschen wrote: > >>On July 06, 2004 at 17:19:23, James T. Walker wrote: >> >>>On July 06, 2004 at 15:25:18, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >>> >>>>On July 06, 2004 at 15:06:07, Franz Hagra wrote: >>>> >>>>>Last year in Graz: Buggy Shredder wins last round with the help of the operator! >>>>>Then losing with a pawn up in the tiebreak game and now a bug and the end of the >>>>>dreams of the Fritz team. >>>>> >>>>>Hagra >>>> >>>> >>>>What has this to do with anything? FRITZ is state of the art exactly because it >>>>must not win at championships. It's participating, yes, but it must not prove >>>>anything at all. You can compare it with the EU soccer championship. Italy, >>>>Germany, Holland, France, England are NOT suddenly second class teams!! Just >>>>because they were satisfied with helping Czechia, Portugal and Greece to come >>>>through. It's all about marketing, if you know what I mean. >>>> >>>>As long as almost all teams are playing with shoes from ADIDAS or PUMA and >>>>shirts as well, all is in order. >>>> >>>>You know when the Soviet Icehockey team was almost unbeatable they lost a game >>>>here or there, just to support their sport as such. And the World-wide >>>>enthusiasm. >>>> >>>>This is called sports politics. >>>> >>>> >>>>Here in this year's WCCC it is important to prove that such a 10 round race is a >>>>neccessity! We are not through yet. Fritz will come back through wins over >>>>weaker programs and then in the end everybody has seen that if the race had been >>>>shorter, say 5 rounds, which would be sufficient IMO, that then Fritz wouldn't >>>>have had a chance. This is what's it's all about... All IMO! >>> >>>Perhaps you would like to see a 1 round championship? If Fritz comes back to >>>win this then maybe it only proves that Fritz was actually the strongest >>>program. Or maybe it only proves that with many rounds you have time for the >>>good luck and bad luck to equal out. Or maybe it's all luck and programming >>>excellence is only a sidebar. Or maybe you believe the whole thing is just a >>>conspiracy by Chessbase to prove the world is not really round. If you go too >>>far to the left you will fall off the world. >>>Jim >> >> >>Jimmy, >>just ask Bob and you know that I'm correct with my 5 round optimum. > >Well I think 10/11 rounds are too much but I would not complain about it. I >also believe that the more rounds you have the better chance of the strongest >program winning. In either case luck plays a part in it (good/bad). I guess >you can stop it right now and give Junior the title but why not have some more >fun? >Jim Just wait for rounds 4 and 5 and you will see what I mean. I'm not sure where Junior will be after round 5.
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