Author: Peter Fendrich
Date: 17:25:09 01/06/05
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On January 06, 2005 at 15:03:15, Peter Skinner wrote: >On January 06, 2005 at 14:59:49, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>When they thought they could steamroll, all of them entered. >> >>Now that they know crafty can clean their clock, their absence is rather >>conspicuous. >> >>IMO-YMMV > >Personally I don't think a single commercial entrant will be in CCT7. > >Even though Gandalf, Rebel, ChessTiger, Ruffian all work within the Chesspartner >interface and can kibitz, I don't expect them to enter. > >The class of freeware engines has gained to much ground and the fear that they >will be throttled in a game or two will keep them away. > >This _exact_ conversation happened on ICC last night. > >Peter I don't understand why they should be in fear if they really wanted to participate. Just put an X after the name and call it an experimental version. Either the experiment was successful or not. Not much to fear... This event doesn't have any real commercial value so participation have to be based on other values - the "fun factor" for instance. /Peter (another)
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