Author: Gerd Isenberg
Date: 01:07:10 08/04/04
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On August 04, 2004 at 02:15:14, Mridul Muralidharan wrote: >On August 03, 2004 at 15:41:17, Gerd Isenberg wrote: > >>On August 03, 2004 at 12:29:48, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> >>>On August 02, 2004 at 20:51:56, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >>> >>>Subject: Re: wereldkampioenschap ICGA - 3 deelnemers? >>>Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 08:55:04 +0100 >>> >>>Hi Vincent >>> >>>Thank you for pointing this out to us. In fact the official title of the >>>event is "Man vs Machine World Chess Team Championship". I agreed this title >>>with the Bilbao organisers when I visited them last year to discuss the >>>event and I confirmed it to them in writing on September 15th 2003. >>> >>>2004 is the first year for the team event and, if it is a publicity success, >>>it is expected to grow from year to year, with the teams on each side >>>becoming larger. >>> >>>I have pointed out the error to the people in Bilbao and have asked them to >>>insert the word "Team". I have explained to them that the ICGA has already >>>designated Kasparov vs Deep Junior and Kasparov vs Deep Fritz as individual >>>world championships for man vs machine. >>> >>>Kind regards, >>> >>>David Levy >>> >> >>It is fine if the IGCA, namely David Levy tries to establish some (hu)man versus >>computer matches. But IMHO the title "World Championship" deserves qualified but >>not arbitrary choosen participants by commercial interests, at least for the >>programs. >> >>Seems, as they made the contract, Brutus/Hydra was still chessbase. >>So the chessbase team excluding Shredder is now a chessbase/pal-group team. >> >>What about an "ICGA Author vs Machine World Chess Team Championship"? >>Diepeveen/Zwanzger/Mayer-Kahlen against (or with) Jonny/Shredder/Diep ;-) >>(not playing against own programs?) >> >>Gerd > >Good suggestion there Gerd ! No it was not good - the whole issue is too serious to make sarcastic jokes about, sorry for that. Gerd >I would like to see the authors of strong programs (preferably the winners of >WCCC :) ) play against their own programs ! - Note : no last minute dumbing down >of programs allowed ;) > >If nothing , it might tell us humans how to combat their programs :( - too tough >to beat most of them ... even with book and egtb and pondering disabled and at >timeodds :( > >Mridul
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