Author: David Amatulli
Date: 02:13:45 04/01/05
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On March 31, 2005 at 23:04:35, Mark R. Anderson wrote:
>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.
It could be round robin played like the Golden Knights do, 15 person
sections highest score and highest ties move on.
(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.
Like you said your talking of the day before e-mail things move alot quicker
now. I'd play in a 5 - 10 year tourny if I had the chance to win 100,000 or
more. Why not players are doing it for nothing.
-Dave
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