Author: Anthony Cozzie
Date: 07:42:03 12/31/04
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On December 31, 2004 at 00:19:48, Peter Skinner wrote: >On December 30, 2004 at 22:54:04, Anthony Cozzie wrote: > >>On December 30, 2004 at 20:23:57, Peter Skinner wrote: >> >>>Hello everyone, >>> >>>There have been many authors emailing me asking if I know of some individuals >>>that would like to operate their program at CCT7. >>> >>>I had a group of 5 people, but thanks to a crash and weird deletion of my >>>address book and such in Thunderbird, I no longer have them. >>> >>>So I am inquiring if there would be 5 or 6 people that would like to operate a >>>program during the tournament. I know it is alot to ask, as it does take two >>>days of your time, but most people would be attending as a spectator anyways. >>> >>>So why not put that computer to good use!!! >>> >>>Please email me at cct7@crafty-chess.com if you are interesting. >>> >>>Peter >>>CCT7 TD >>>cct7@crafty-chess.com >>>http://cct7.crafty-chess.com >> >>Personally I have no real desire to play against a bunch of operators. Half >the fun of CCT is chatting with the authors. An operator here and there is OK, >but I don't want to see 1/4 out of all entries being operated by random >computer chess fans. >> >>anthony > >Well some of the reasons authors are requiring an operator is simply hardware. > >One author emailed me for help becase the fastest machine he can get his hands >on will be a PIII 667 with 256mb ram. You and I both no that will simply get >crushed on hardware alone. > >As it is right now there are only 3 operators of those entered. And currently >there are 25 participating. > >Peter If someone wants to run on a faster machine I understand completely, as long as they are "present" themselves :) I don't mind a few operators, but on the whole I just enjoy chatting with the authors a lot more. anthony
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