Author: José Carlos
Date: 11:39:04 12/01/04
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On December 01, 2004 at 14:05:29, Lance Perkins wrote: >Leo uses an Opteron (64-bit), one MP2600 Athlon, one MP2200 Athlon, and a couple >of dual-CPU P3's (6 in total), running long tournaments, year-round, for 'free'. >Results are updated and published daily, with its own discussion forum. Leo even >finds time to test new releases and to give feedback on bugs. He has six >division tournaments, plus test and promotion tournaments in between. Rating >lists are updated and published at the end of tournaments (not once a year). > >All the 195 participants in Leo's tournament didn't have to pay a registration >fee. And yet, Leo finds a way to update his machines. > >SSDF has run 97,872 games (according to their site). Leo has about 30,000 now. >But at the rate he is going, its just a matter of time before he eclipses the >SSDF numbers. > >Kudos to Leo for all these service that he is doing to the computer chess >community. > > Nothing to say about Leo. I just agree with you, he's doing a fantastic job. But don't forget SSDF has run many games manually, using dedicated computers, and programs that didn't support Auto232. Also, their time control is longer. José C.
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