Author: Thorsten Czub
Date: 14:33:46 08/15/05
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On August 15, 2005 at 17:20:10, George Speight wrote: >The WCCC that is going on as we speak is strange to say the least. I wonder if >this is the official computer world championship they have each year. Fritz is >strangely absent, and im sure its not because of any fear one way or the other. >Maybe they didnt like the pairing system being used any more than u guys do. >Obviously Fritz knows in along match it cannot beat Shredder, but in short >tournaments like this the weaker programs have a better chance. I mean, who in >this tournament is going to have a chance if they had to play Shredder or Junior >a best of 24 match. its the opposite. Programs like fritz have no change in such a tournament. they MAYBE have in a longer match. they play the wrong chess to be able to take initiative. thats the reason fritz rarely wins. for winning you need to be able to take initiative. But all this is neither here nor there- thing like this >could be argued until we are all 90 and senile. The strangest thing about this >tournament is there has been no mention whatsoever of it on the chessbase >website front page. I have looked every day-nothing. Last year it was the main >topic each and every day. This year, except for a few words i read about a month >ago, its like they are not even acknowledging that it is taking place. You would >think they would be giving day by day or round by round results. Nothing! It's >like they are not even interested. they are not interested. and never were. they wrote about it because THEIR teams participated. but they do not have teams anymore. no fritz. no chessbase. gone. for many many years the ICGA / ICCA championship was THE tournament to buy the winner program and to make the deals for the next year. now this is not really the case. situation has completely changed. open source projects suddenly are that strong that they could win. how can chessbase make profit from this ?! It makes me wonder if they are po'd because >the 2 freeware programs are in there, and what are they going to say if one of >them win against the supposed monster they charge $40 or $50 for. I have >nothing ag. chessbase- i own most of their commercial programs. But their >silence of this tournament is strange to say the least. Regards, George they will speak. but it will not be the truth. the truth is, it is over.
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