Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 16:17:17 01/19/06
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On January 19, 2006 at 16:21:40, Peter Berger wrote: >"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 Got a copy. Read the piece. What a pile of crock. Consider the last word euphemistic. Djordje Djordje
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