Author: Frank Phillips
Date: 02:54:06 07/10/04
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On July 10, 2004 at 05:50:05, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On July 10, 2004 at 05:36:19, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>>Fritz greatly reduced its chances for overall victory by losing on time >>>against Falcon in round three. This was due not to faulty algorithms, but by >>>the computer hanging, as we have learnt from members of the Fritz team. >> >>This sounds like complete nonsense to me. >> >>Why did the Fritz team not check whether the computer was still running, >>they are allowed to do so (after asking the tournament director). >> >>Moreover, a hang should be obvious from the clocks on the remote system >>no longer running. >> >>-- >>GCP > >Fritz's team simply don't want to admit that the other programs are getting much >stronger, or catching up to the big boys, simply take a look at how close Deep >Sjeng, Falcon, and Crafty are :-) > > >PS: I simply want to add that this might be the toughest competition for top >commercials, when even freebie like Crafty is getting closer to the best >commercials. > >Jorge It is possible that chessbase have recognised the reducing 'sale-value' of chess engines per se, even though they have control of the chess engine market. Which might explain the marketing of playchess.com through WCCC. Guy H. could say whether chessbase's sponsorship was contingent on exclusive 'broadcasting' rights. (Not that I am suggesting this is inappropriate from chessbase's perspective.).
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