Author: Chris Carson
Date: 11:43:26 04/09/99
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On April 09, 1999 at 14:04:03, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >On April 09, 1999 at 09:37:23, Chris Carson wrote: > >Hi Chris, > what do you mean by WMCCC? It usually stands for world MICRO computer chess >championship. This year there will not be independent micro championship. The >micro champion will be the entry that scores higher in the WCCC, world computer >chess championship. > >>Well what are the early choices/rankings for Computer Chess Champion? >> >>what about Crafty, will Bob be there on a 32 processor experimental >>Dec machine running at 1GHZ/processor? >> > >The ICCA has published the list of participants for this year's WCCC. There are >30 of them. Crafty is not going to play. > >>Also, I have been a long time believer that the Top Programs should >>be allowed to compete for the World Chess Champion, > >I agree. > >>I wonder if any >>Human GM's are up to the task of competing against the Programs this >>year? > >I think many of them would be willing to play for a big amount of money. >Remember that they are professional players and will not risk their reputation >for nothing. While I do not like the situation, I fully understand their >position. > >> How would Kamsky do? > >Kamsky should be very rusty by now. But after a few months of study and >training, I think he can clobber any micro program and beat any program >(including Deeper Blue) in a long match (20 games I am thinking). > >> I am interested in opinions, but I would >>be more interested in real participants (GM Soltis maybe, got the >>better of DBjr in one game). I loved watching Chess Genius rip the >>GM's in the old PCA events (Kaspy got beat, Anand held his own). >> > >GM's do not play for free. And those events were rapid games, not standard time >controls. A grandmaster will ask a lot more money for a match at a standard time >control than for a rapid match. > >>My opinion, Human GM would do well (top 3 finish), but would wear >>down and not win the whole thing (see Kaspy vs Deeper Blue). > >That depends on the number of games and their frequency. Playing only three >games a week (as in the old world championship matches) humans can last very >long (remember that 48 game match between Kasparov and Karpov). > >> Several >>GM participants would be better, but should play each other as well. >>I think this would be a marketing dream. Intel and AMD where are you? >> >>Wish a GM or two would play and prove me wrong. I would love to see >>the Programs go down in flames, but my opinion is the GM's would be >>left burning (or at least smoldering). :) >> > >Depends on which grandmasters you are thinking. It is very different to take ten >2550 Elo grandmasters (of which there are plenty active) than the top ten >players of the world. > >>Best Regards, >>Chris Carson Nice comments, well said. I agree with what you have stated, I will miss Crafty this year. A professional should be paid, we need sponsors. I agree that the top 10 GM's would be better than 2550 GM's (although 2550 is a very strong player, would dust me). Time controls are always an issue and number of games a week is another issue. I agree the tournament format would need to be modified to be fair for all. Thanks for your opinion. Best Regards, Chris Carson
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