Author: James T. Walker
Date: 07:08:07 04/23/99
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On April 23, 1999 at 01:49:38, blass uri wrote: > >On April 22, 1999 at 22:33:04, James T. Walker wrote: > >>On April 22, 1999 at 13:15:58, Chris Carson wrote: >> >>>I understand that most GM events ban program/computer >>>participation. I wonder why. My opinion is that that >>>the program/computer should be allowed to compete, >>>perhaps only people get the prize money, but it would >>>be interesting to see how the computer faired in GM >>>events (programs compete, but not included in ranking >>>for prize money). >>> >>>There will be a day when programs are like cars and >>>a person competing against a computer (car) would not >>>be interesting, but today it is still close (at least >>>at the top) and interesting. I think more interest and >>>sponsors would be involved if programs could compete >>>in a GM event. This would also allow the GM's to get >>>paid (normal tournament prizes) for competing. >>> >>>This use to be common back in the 80's, but now that >>>the programs are strong, the programs can no longer >>>compete. Why? >>> >>>Opinions? >>> >>>Any ideas on how to change this? >>> >>>Best Regards, >>>Chris Carson >> >>Hello Chris, >>I think the reason is because many Masters/GM's don't feel confident playing the >>latest/greatest programs on fast hardware. Even though the programs are not >>eligible for prize money they do affect the outcome of the event and therefore >>who will get the money. So If you want IM's/GM's in your tournament you better >>keep the computers away. >>Jim Walker > >I do not think that this is the case > >I know that Junior4.9 played in a tournament in 1998 with humans. >It drew against 3 GM's in this tournament and also played against 2 IM's(won one >game and lost one game). > >You can find the games in Junior5 CD >f:\database\Junior5.cbh > >Junior did not compete in the open championship of Israel a few weeks ago but I >asked if there was a law against Junior and the reply was that there was no law >against it and the only reason that it did not compete is that Amir Ban did not >registered > >Uri Hello Uri, Have you ever seen a "Chess Life" magazine ? If not, let me say I can look at the tournament section where tournament directors advertise their upcoming tournaments/events. You can see hundreds of Tournaments and ALL say "NO COMPUTERS". I believe the reason is as stated above. If you want the best players to come to your event then you must ban computers. Jim Walkere
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