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Subject: Re: Shredder is the World Computer Speed Chess Champion

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 19:23:47 07/07/04

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On July 07, 2004 at 19:53:40, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On July 07, 2004 at 19:51:36, James Robertson wrote:
>
>>It means plenty. It means that Shredder is the blitz champion. It means that
>>Crafty is the runner up.
>>
>>I suppose that most people consider the tournament time controls as more
>>weighty, but that's is just opinion. Perhaps the most common opinion, but there
>>is no scientific reason why the blitz tournament is less important for
>>determining program quality.
>
>The operator skill is much more important there than in the standard event...
>
>A good operator can give the program 5 mins. A slow one 3 mins. That oughtta
>count for something...
>
>--
>GCP


We played with 3 mins on the clock.  What does that mean?

Again, if this were automated this would not be an issue.  But dark ages
prevail...



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