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Subject: Uniform Platform (We did it. We don't like it.)

Author: Theo van der Storm

Date: 02:12:16 06/18/05

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On June 17, 2005 at 08:25:01, Christopher Conkie wrote:

>Hello,
>.....
>The only way to move forward is to give the same hardware, same software, same
>protocol, no books, no tablebases........and therefore same chance to all who
>participate.
>.....
>What do you all think?
>
>Christopher

No. What you're sugesting is a move backward.

We have done uniform platform:

http://www.computerschaak.nl/compcomp.html
click on
QMW (London) Uniform Platform Computer Chess Tournaments (1992-1994)

We (all :-) don't like it because
- it discriminates people with other hardware
- it kills creativity
- it does not reflect progress in the field of computer chess properly

The first item is reason enough for an official world championship
to discard the idea.

Tanks for bringing it up again.

Theo



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