Author: George Speight
Date: 14:44:15 08/15/05
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On August 15, 2005 at 17:33:46, Thorsten Czub wrote: >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. There is probably a lot of truth to what u say, but i wouldnt have the funerals for Shredder, Fritz and Junior quite yet. George
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