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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