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Subject: Re: ICC Chess Tournament. Programs and seedings

Author: Steve McRiley

Date: 14:32:57 01/22/00

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On January 22, 2000 at 16:54:00, Peter McKenzie wrote:

>On January 22, 2000 at 14:58:02, Steve McRiley wrote:
>
>>Hi,

>>
>>1.  Shredder
>
>I heard this was going to be Shredder version 2 (not the version 4 that won the
>1999 World Comp Champs), in which case I don't think it should be seeded #1.  If
>it is version 4, then I think it should be seeded #1.

It will be version 3 :)

>>2.  Ferret
>>3.  Nimzo
>>4.  Crafty
>>5.  Diep
>
>I know Diep is a strong program, but I don't understand how it is seeded in
>front of LambChop.  LambChop finished a point in front of Diep at the 1999 World
>Computer Chess Champs and in the ICC Tournament LambChop will be on faster
>hardware too.
>
>I'm not too worried about this seeding, but would like to know the logic behind
>it.

Logic? Sorry, Im not into that :). Seriously, I dont really know.
I dont think it really a problem if a program is seeded one or two places wrong
but if everyon agree on this Im open to changes.

>>6.  ZarkovX
>>7.  LambChop
>>8.  Insomniac
>>9.  Little Goliath
>>10. PostModernist
>>11. Amateur
>>12. Hossa
>>13. EXchess
>>14. Grok
>>15. GnuChess
>>16. Bringer
>>17. Galahad
>>18. Tinker
>>19. Averno
>>20. Shrike
>>
>>The seedings are pretty hard to do. The pairings will be done with a
>>swiss system so it is probably not deadly important to have the
>>seedings 100% correct (if that is even possible to do).
>
>Thanks for doing a tough job.

No problem. Lets just hope this will be a nice event :)

/McRiley - ICC



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