Author: Rex
Date: 06:17:55 02/25/05
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On February 25, 2005 at 09:13:48, gerold daniels wrote: >On February 25, 2005 at 09:07:28, Kurt Utzinger wrote: > >>On February 25, 2005 at 08:58:27, Rex wrote: >> >>>On February 25, 2005 at 08:45:24, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >>> >>>>On February 25, 2005 at 08:26:37, Rex wrote: >>>> >>>>>On February 25, 2005 at 08:08:38, gerold daniels wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On February 25, 2005 at 07:22:03, Rick Hagen wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>14. IPCCC >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Rg. Name Pkte Wtg. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>1 M. Shredder 5 21 >>>>>>>2 C. Hydra 5 20½ >>>>>>>3 S. Gandalf 4 21 >>>>>>>4 R. SOS 3½ 20 >>>>>>>5 J. Johnny 3½ 20 >>>>>>>6 B. Spike 3½ 17 >>>>>>>7 F. Anaconda 3½ 16 >>>>>>>8 M. Ikarus 3 20 >>>>>>>9 R. The Baron 3 17 >>>>>>>10 D. Diep 3 16 >>>>>>>11 R. Nexus 2½ 22½ >>>>>>>12 R. Patzer 2½ 16½ >>>>>>>13 J. Neurologic 2 16 >>>>>>>14 G. Isichess 1½ 16½ >>>>>>>15 T. Quark 1½ 13½ >>>>>>>16 S. Matador 1 14½ >>>>>>> >>>>>>>(where are my tranquilizers when I need them...) >>>>>> >>>>>>could shredder pull upset!!!!! >>>>>> >>>>>>gerold. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>If Shredder pulls upset win, I would call it a earned and deserved win. GREAT >>>>>tourney so far. >>>> >>>> I see nothing special so far that can/could not >>>> happen in every other short tournament -:) >>>> Kurt >>> >>> >>>Short or long makes no difference. A win is a win is a win regardless of >>>length. As long as playing parties agree on rules and boundries then the winner >>>deserves the win and is considered CHAMP. This notion of "more games need to be >>>played" is for the birds, when a tourney is played. >> >> Of course are you right here but I still see >> nothing special -:) >> Kurt > >to know the real champ in computer chess there would have to be at least 200 >head to head games of the top engines. > >gerold :-) Can we say the same with Linares? Would be need to play humans at 200 games also? No. But we can label a winner from a tourney as Champ and draw conclusions from that. I may add those commercial programs that seem to miss these big tournements never get my opinion as being top programs if they never play in any offical tourney within a year.
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