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Subject: Re: WCCC participants

Author: Gerd Isenberg

Date: 00:50:28 08/06/05

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On August 06, 2005 at 03:39:00, Uri Blass wrote:

>On August 06, 2005 at 02:31:32, Gerd Isenberg wrote:
>
>>On August 05, 2005 at 21:59:39, Madhavan wrote:
>>
>>>On August 05, 2005 at 14:05:20, Gerd Isenberg wrote:
>>>
>>>>The following programs will participate:
>>>>
>>>>- Jonny
>>>>- Deep Sjeng
>>>>- Zappa
>>>>- Isichess
>>>>- Crafty
>>>>- Shredder
>>>>- Diep
>>>>- Junior
>>>>- Fute_My
>>>>- Fruit
>>>>
>>>>hmm... looks like a round robin instead of 11 round swiss.
>>>>Seems i have to fight for the 9.rank ;-(
>>>>
>>>>Cheers,
>>>>Gerd
>>>
>>>Excuse me,What is fute_my?I assume its fritz with new
>>>nick?Quest==Fritz==Fute_my?
>>
>>Not fritz - but i really don't know.
>>May be a program provided by the icelandic host - we will see.
>>Reykjavik university has a strong computer science department, and
>>Yngvi Björnnson is back from Alberta - but only a guess.
>>
>>>
>>>Fritz,ChessTiger,ProDeo,Hydra,Spike and many other programs missing?
>>
>>Donninger told something in german CSS-forum that Hydra don't plays because as
>>top favourite they only have to "lose".
>
>I do not understand that excuse.
>By that excuse Shredder should now decide also not to play because if hydra does
>not play as a top favourite they only can lose.
>
>Hydra is also not commercial so I see nothing that they can lose by
>participating in WCCC.

If you spend "millions" of $ into a project - and you accidently draw an amateur
or open source program or with some bad luck you even don't get the title - you
might have more problems with your investors than devalue WCCC and keeping up
the legend of an unbeatable 64-headed monster and to make some cage fight
against kasparov or so.

>
> As mentioned by Frederic Friedel
>>(chessbase) in a recent interview, fritz seems no longer in the mood to play
>>other computers but humans. It's a pity.
>
>Another poor excuse.

Yes.

>
>Not having money or not having a good program is a better excuse not to
>participate.
>
>Uri

But to make holidays on Iceland ;-)

Gerd





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