Author: Peter Berger
Date: 13:21:40 01/19/06
"For Fabian Letouzey, it must have been a remarkable tournament. He might have hoped to play the role Anthony Cozzie now took, since he had assembled a very good chess-playing program that was composed from open-source software. Letouzey studied all the computer-chess techniques, dug up code on the Internet, and used his talents to integrate these pieces into an efficient program. After he had tested it against many ( not to say all) availlable software programs, Letouzey came to Reykjavik with high expectations." van den Herik, J. (2006). Revolution. ICGA Journal, Vol. 28, No. 3, p. 130 No comment from me I guess ... Do you have a warped sense of humour? The following is a brief account on new ideas discussed in the ICGA Triennial Meeting. It is thruthful, though some of it may sound slightly bizarre. "7. New ideas and activities. In the discussion several items came up: The Bilbao event for the World team title and the ICGA auspices; participants were selected by the organizers; money can buy a title. The ICGA should protect its titleholders more rigorously and put more pressure on programs to participate in the WCCC. The ICGA should organize more tournaments. This is impossible without sponsorship. Less commercial influence in the tournaments. Why so little participants in Iceland? What is the challenge for programmers since we can put so many processors in a box? The President states that new challenges are needed to survive. New ideas are welcome. He himself believes of introducing a handicap for the programs ( one Pawn up). Man-machine tournaments are not interesting in the future but in any case the ICGA should participate. One programmer remarked that the WCCC title is of little value since the winner can organize his own tournament and can receive much publicity. There was a proposal to participate in the Chess Olympiad with a team of 4 programs. A hardware company might be interested. For the ICGA, publicity is still a problem. No commentator was hired in Iceland since the sponsors found the local news more important. Guy Haworth experienced how difficult it is to maintain the website. The President stresses the importance of finding a webmaster. An interesting idea was posed by Cozzie to have a country computer-program tournament. 8. Since there was no other business, the Chair closed the meeting at 22.00 hours." Iida, H. (2006). Minutes of the ICGA Triennial Meeting. ICGA Journal, Vol. 28, No. 3, p. 176
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