Dyyryath
12-02-2003, 11:00 AM
We've got some exciting news for those who've been working on ChessBrain lately: they've finalized their plans for a world record attempt! <img src=http://www.free-dc.org/images/news/icon14.gif><br><br><table width="90%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1" bordercolor="#63635A" bgcolor="#E7E7E2" align="center"><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; font-style: italic;">Well, it's finally official! Our world record attempt will take place during a live exhibition game against Chess Grandmaster Peter Nielsen on Friday January 30th 2004 at the 6th annual NordU USENIX 2004 conference in Copenhagen. </td></tr></table><br><br>This is exciting and we need to make sure we're going at full power for the attempt. It also raises another issue, though:<br><br><table width="90%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1" bordercolor="#63635A" bgcolor="#E7E7E2" align="center"><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; font-style: italic;">We need to consider what to do with the current stats. Should we roll them over to the world record attempt, or should we end the current stats (call them stage two stats) and start fresh with stage three stats during the event. The issue is worth debating. My goal is to create a new and potentially separate database, which list all of the people who contributed to the actual world record attempt during the day it takes place, January 30th 2003 at 5PM (GMT+1). Naturally, DC teams have a strong vested interest here… so I hope to see feedback on the TEAMS and STATS forums.</td></tr></table><br><br>There will be an updated client released before this attempt that everyone will need to install in place of their current clients. This isn't like DF, though, where client updates happen regularly. This sounds like a phase change, so I think it's a pretty good possibility that the stats will get reset. With that in mind, we need to buckle down and ensure that we maintain our current 1st place position! I'd hate to see us end this phase by losing our position at the last minute...<br><br>You can read the entire post by the ChessBrain team <a href="http://www.chessbrain.net/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=607">right here</a>. There is also an ongoing discussion in our own ChessBrain forums about this <a href="http://www.free-dc.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4938">right here</a> that you should probably check out.