Author: David H. McClain
Date: 04:15:59 08/20/05
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On August 20, 2005 at 03:20:10, Keith Hyams wrote: >On August 20, 2005 at 01:51:20, Kurt Utzinger wrote: > >>Our RK 2005 (90m+30s) was perhaps our last big tournament. >>Due to lack of interest of the chess computer community I do >>not think that we shall again have the spirit to ever start >>such a long lasting tourney. In almost all cases very few >>or even no comments - contrary to a lot of dumb and short >>blitz tourneys that are published every day. It's indeed >>somewhat a frustrating disappointment. We are going to >>concentrate on testing new engines. This seems to be much >>more interesting for all people. >>Regards >>Kurt > >Hi Kurt, >They are not “dumb time limits” they are just time limits. In the same way that >many people feel that for an engine to be classed as high strength it has to >perform well in both open and closed positions, some people also feel that for >an engine to be classed as strong it has to perform well at all time limits. > Is a 100 metre sprint “dumb” compared to a 1500 metre race? Is a high jump >competition a better indication of athletic ability than a pentathlon? Keith, I respect your opinion of short time control and blitz games. Many like them. However, Kurt's long game tournaments, and those of a few others, give me a much better insight of games to play with my weak hardware. They are the only games I have a chance to be competitive at against the much faster hardware most everyone is using today. I simply have little chance to be competitive at blitz games and that's why Kurt's long game tournaments are of so much interest to me. DHM
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