Author: Mark R. Anderson
Date: 20:04:35 03/31/05
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On March 31, 2005 at 21:09:27, David Amatulli wrote: > What I would like to see one day and even participate in would be a BIG >corresponance tourny. No ratings, No consultaion rules, just a straight up >winner takes all tournament. I would be interested in seeing who comes out on >top, would it be the grandmaster with no consultation help (programs, friends, >etc..) would it be the straight program no human intervention at all, or would >it be the 1400 rated kid in his basement with all the top programs, books, >databases, and whatever else he can use to come up with the moves, hell why not >try the magic eight ball while at it. Entrance fee could be something like $100 >per player 99% returned to the 1st place player, 1% to tournament director. >Winner takes all. Get a few hundred opponents thats a nice take home. > > >Also I would like to see.... With the rash of texas hold em no limit poker here >in the states on T.V. especially with the celebrity tournaments. I would like to >see 9 of the top grandmasters of chess sit down a play a texas hold em tourny. >It would be very interesting seeing there bluffing techniques. Who would you >like to see play at the table, past or present greats. I would have loved to see >Tal play poker I bet he would be an animal. > >-Dave Dave, I have played in correspondence tournaments (before email and computers when it was postal) and know that it is time-consuming. What you describe sounds like a swiss-system tournament. (How else would you have a tournament with hundreds of people?) However, this does not work in correspondence chess, where you have to play your games simultaneously (like a round robin) ... otherwise, it takes forever and a day and a half. To have a swiss system correspondence tourney with hundreds of players would take perhaps 10 years or more. Mark
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