Author: Kolss
Date: 01:58:07 02/08/05
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On February 08, 2005 at 00:34:42, Madhavan wrote: >On February 07, 2005 at 11:56:43, Kolss wrote: > >>On February 07, 2005 at 06:38:39, Madhavan wrote: >> >>>On February 07, 2005 at 06:29:49, Uri Blass wrote: >>> >>>>On February 07, 2005 at 05:25:40, Madhavan wrote: >>>> >>>>>On February 07, 2005 at 04:36:54, Uri Blass wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Reasons: >>>>>> >>>>>>1)I will not be available in part of the time of the tournament for personal >>>>>>reasons that I could not know about them before yesterday. >>>>>> >>>>>>2)I did not work much about movei lately and most of the time was used for >>>>>>things that are not productive for playing strength so I failed to do a >>>>>>significant improvement relative to the public version. >>>>> >>>>>thats not a problem,draw against Junior last CCT was perfect >>>>> >>>>>one of the following reason made you cancel your program for participation >>>>> >>>>>no commercial participants >>>>>slow hardware >>>>>and your first point,looking for an operator perhaps? >>>> >>>>I have A3000 now(2.01 ghz) >>>>It is not the fastest hardware but hardware is not a problem. >>>> >>>>I do not like to operare a program without being available even if it is >>>>possible. >>> >>>maybe its upto you >>> >>>>We saw what happened latest time with Ikarus. >>> >>>what happened?Ikarus is in the list > >>we did not have any backup solution, like a remote computer at the university or >>something similar which had actually been tested. I tried to quickly set up the >>program on my hopelessly outdated computer (P3-450MHz) before I had to leave. Of >>course, during one of the breaks between games (just one or two games later), >>the internet connection was interrupted, and that was the end of it all. >> >>This time, as things look, I will "operate" the program (that is attend during >>the whole tournament), while Muntsin will probably watch substantial parts of >>the event. In the (unlikely, I hope) event of something similar happening, he >>should be able to take over. >> >>Also this time, we have allocated a little more time to testing on ICC before. I >>guess that is crucial as well to ensure proper functioning of all involved >>components... > >this time,there was no mention about the hardware status >Ikarus would be in top 3,i guess and i wish the best to you for CCT as well as >IPCCC Hi, Thanks a lot! As for the hardware, there are three (or even four) different computers on which we could run Ikarus at the moment, it is not entirely clear yet. The "top three" most likely does not pertain to the hardware in any case... The final rank is or course extremely hard to predict accurately. 1. With such a dense field, (almost) anything is possible. 2. There may still be some strong programs to enter the tournament. 3. We will play with a more or less experimental version, which is not incredibly well tested - the tournament will be part of the test... 4. ... (?) With luck or bad luck in the last (two) rounds and generally in the whole tournament, it may be possible to win the event as well as end up between rank 15 and 20. Ikarus can beat anyone and anything in any one game, but it may also lose against many... Anyway, with nine rounds I hope that luck and bad luck will more or less even out. Personally, I would consider not finishing among the top ten a disappointment, but we will see (I guess there are at least 20 serious contenders for the top ten... :-), and I would certainly not take to the rope even when ending up last... Best regards - Munjong.
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