Author: blass uri
Date: 07:22:59 04/23/99
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On April 23, 1999 at 10:08:07, James T. Walker wrote: >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 I believe that this decision is only because of minority of the GM's. If humans are afraid to earn less money then the organizers can decide that computers can participate but cannot win prizes. I believe that if the prizes for humans are the same then most GM's will play. I think that the best way to know is to ask GM 's if I am right. I did not do it but I saw that some Israel GM's played in the tournament that Junior4.9 played in 1998 and I do not know about very big prizes in this tournament. Uri
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