The Cotsen Open has a cash prize for the best computer program,
which I felt somewhat guilty accepting after loosing all games due
to the bug, but SlugGo was the only program entered this year, and
the cash did help to offset the cost of renting the wheelchair van
with hydraulic ramp that I needed to transport the cluster.
Why does Slu-Go not play remote? E.g the only thing I transported to London
for playing against GM Adams was a notebook. The Hydra-Cluster would have
been a little bit difficult to transport. Even in Abu-Dhabi the operating is
remote. The Hydra-Sheikh sits in his palace and the Cluster is in another
part of the town.
Its for the chess-engine completly transparent. The engine writes/reads to
stdout/stdin. If the GUI is on the same PC, the communication is directly
done. When playing remote SSH (Secure Shell) is started and the rest goes as
before.
Chrilly
P.S.: There are some chances that not only Hydra but also Mona Lisa will be
placed in Abu-Dhabi. Louvre-III is planned for Abu-Dhabi. (Louvre-II in
Atlanta). 1 billion $ is a very convincing argument. Officially are only the
plans for Louvre-III, but as I know the Abu-Dhabi Sheiks they will put all
effort to get at least for some time Mona Lisa. They always want the
best/most exclusive. And I also know from own experience that nobody can
resisit the smell of Petro-$.
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