Author: Paulo Soares
Date: 19:30:37 10/03/99
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On October 03, 1999 at 11:52:43, Howard Exner wrote: >On October 03, 1999 at 09:17:38, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote: > >>The game against Hoffmann should _of course_ be counted. Say what happens if I >>play a game with a cold in a tourniament ? > > >This is not quite the analogy that comes to mind. A computer that shorts out, or >has a power failer is more like a person having a total stroke or blackout >during the game - or maybe having someone bonk you over the head causing an >unconscious state. > >Or course if you are concerned about the game score then of course even >someone dying at the chess table will not matter. But in the GM challenge >the point is seeing how a computer program plays vs a human. Otherwise we may >find ourselves with a rash of posts, "I beat Crafty in 10 moves!" When asked >by the enquiring minds here on CCC, "How did you do that?", you could >simply reply, "The power went out in my house, it refused to move so it >lost on time! Yipee my rating just shot up!" > >>Will the game be ignored if I loose ? >>The same applies to computers. If the hardware isn't stable ... bad luck. Rebel played against Hoffman an opening that is not good for programs, and the opening is part of the game. I think any program would lose that game because of the opening. This is one of the reasons I think the game should be considered as a loss for Rebel. However, Rebel Team learned a lot with this game, because it was starting from there that they had concluded that the main weakness was in the opening's book. This loss (in my opinion), it was the largest win that Rebel Team had in " Rebel GM Challenger ". Paulo
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