Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 00:50:59 01/22/00
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On January 21, 2000 at 23:34:27, blass uri wrote: >On January 21, 2000 at 17:37:20, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On January 21, 2000 at 16:30:48, Amir Ban wrote: >> >>>On January 21, 2000 at 09:51:15, Shanti wrote: >>> >>>>Hi >>>> >>>>Second round took place today. >>>> >>>>Deep Junior - Shredder 1/2-1/2 >>>>GM Ram Soffer - Fritz 6 1-0 >>>> >>>>Here are the games >>>> >>>>[Event "?"] >>>>[Site "?"] >>>>[Date "2000.??.??"] >>>>[Round "?"] >>>>[White "Deep Junior (2x PIII 350)"] >>> >>>The league committee passed a resolution on Tuesday not to allow remote >>>computers, so I had to bring my home computer. The team wanted to protest that >>>this was passed at such short notice, and considered not showing up and taking a >>>technical loss. In the end we played. >> >>What was the motivation for this? Worried about cheating? > >Yes >They wanted also not to allow Deep Junior to play against Rebel in these >conditions and they told me it is a logical decision because we cannot be sure >that kasparov is not playing. > >I trust Amir that he is not cheating but they seem not to believe people. >I and the man who is responsible for the hardware had no problem with remote >computers so they decided to allow Junior to play on p500X4 in the first round. > >Now Junior played against shredder4 with a slower hardware so the hardware was >not the same and it seems to be against the stupid rules of the league so the >team of shredder4 can ask for a win in this game if I understand the rules. > >The rules are not clear. > >Dan kaspy told me in the day of the first round that the book and everything >must be the same(this is the way he understood the rule that the hardware and >the software must be the same for all the league). > >I protested and said that it is not fair because Ed prepared a special book >against Junior and if this is the case then i do not know if he wants to play >but after it I understood that this was not what they meant and I can change the >book or the personality of Rebel. > >Uri I guess one can't look a gift horse in the mouth. At least the computers have been permitted to play at all... Dave
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