Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 10:03:06 11/12/99
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On November 12, 1999 at 12:31:15, Dann Corbit wrote: >On November 12, 1999 at 12:21:46, Peter Kappler wrote: >>On November 12, 1999 at 05:05:31, alfred palang wrote: >> >>>I would love to see these programs:crafty,anmon,a "bigger" goliath(not those >>>little ones),chessmaster,phalanx,insomniac,an improved wchess,and the rest that >>>were there during the last one. I am sure there are more chess programs out >>>there that are worth competing..thanks..Alfred >> >>Here's my wish list: >> >>1) Hold it in the US, instead of Europe. >>2) Play a faster time control so there can be more rounds. > >Fast chess is icky chess. The faster the programs play, the worse the quality >of the games. We already get enough fast chess on the internet servers. >Please, can't we leave it at tournament time controls? If we want more rounds, >let the programs play with an automatic tournament manager and run 24 hours a >day for as long as needed. > When I said "faster", I didn't mean "blitz". I'd like to see something like G/90, which was used at the recent Dutch Championship. This limits the length of a round to 3 hours, which means you can play twice as many rounds as in a 40/2 event. --Peter
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