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Subject: Re: ICC Chess Tournament. Programs and seedings

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 20:39:07 01/22/00

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On January 22, 2000 at 23:18:22, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On January 22, 2000 at 23:16:20, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>
>>On January 22, 2000 at 22:44:19, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>
>>>On January 22, 2000 at 16:54:00, Peter McKenzie wrote:
>>>
>>>>On January 22, 2000 at 14:58:02, Steve McRiley wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>Here is the list of the programs that has entered the ICC Computer
>>>>>Chess Tournament, the main author, ICC handle and CPU expected to be
>>>>>used for this event.
>>>>>
>>>>>If any of this information is wrong or you are able to fill the gaps
>>>>>in, please send me an e-mail.
>>>>>
>>>>>More information about this event can be found at ICC
>>>>>(www.chessclub.com) int the fingernotes of CCT1 and in the helpfile
>>>>>'cct'. To read this file, go online and type 'help cct'.
>>>>>
>>>>>+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
>>>>>|Program        Main Author        ICC Handle      CPU            |
>>>>>+--------------+------------------+--------------+----------------+
>>>>>|Amateur        Will Singleton     Amateur        G3/500          |
>>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>>|Averno         José C M Galán                                    |
>>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>>|Bringer        Gerrit Reubold     Bringer        P3/500          |
>>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>>|Crafty         Robert Hyatt       Crafty         Xeon/400 x4     |
>>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>>|Diep           Vincent Diepeveen  DiepX          P/200 x4        |
>>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>>|EXchess        Dan Homan          EXchess        P3/500          |
>>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>>|Ferret         Bruce Moreland     Ferret         Xeon/450 x4     |
>>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>>|Galahad        James Swafford     GalahadX                       |
>>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>>|GnuChess       Stuart Cracraft    GnuChess       P3/500          |
>>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>>|Grok           Peter Kappler                     Athlon/650      |
>>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>>|Hossa          Steffen A. Jakob   Hossa          P3/500          |
>>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>>|Insomniac      James Robertson                                   |
>>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>>|LambChop       Peter McKenzie     LambChop       Kryotech/1GHz   |
>>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>>|Little Goliath Michael Borgstaedt                                |
>>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>>|Nimzo          Chrilly Donninger  Varguz        Xeon 550 @616    |
>>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>>|PostModernist  Andrew Williams    PostModernist  P3/450          |
>>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>>|Shrike         Dan Newman                                        |
>>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>>|Shredder(3) 	Stefan Meyer-Kahlen Netsurfer     Athlon 700mhz   |
>>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>>|Tinker         Brian Richardson   Tinker         P3/600          |
>>>>>|                                                                 |
>>>>>|ZarkovX        John Stanback      ZarkovX        K2/333 or K3/475|
>>>>>+------------------------------------------------+----------------+
>>>>>
>>>>>SEEDINGS
>>>>>--------
>>>>>
>>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>>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.
>>>
>>>Thanks, let's try some games diep without 1 ply search bug (as i had
>>>in world champs) against lambchop.
>>
>>Everybody has bugs.  You frequently mention various bugs that you have found.
>>Probably you have more, and when you discover them, you'll mention those too.
>>
>>I haven't seen anyone other than you disagree with moving your program down two
>>notches.  The general consensus is simply that Diep is almost, but not quite, as
>>good as you think it is.
>>
>>Instead of being offended by this, consider it as a way to get easier pairings.
>>
>>Dave
>
>I prefer the first weekends the strongest pairings as i get a cool
>machine the first weekend.


that is impossible to do.  8 rounds total.  the winner will have to beat most
of the top half of the field to win.



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