Congratulations to the new moderators

[mariaclara]

so it is commercial chess engines vs free chess engines?

hmmmmmmmmm............................. very interesting.

Maybe we should have a referendum on whether robbo/ippo etc.. links should be allowed in the forum - same voting restrictions as the moderation election.

Maybe these links can help clarify the situation.

http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30772

http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30665

Hi clare - a new poll though with same voting restrictions as the moderation election may give a fairer result.

As harvey states i think it is worth listening to larry kaufman on this matter - i think this sheds new light on the whole issue.

It is a shame that such a great forum has been blighted with all this stuff - chess is great fun lets keep it that way

chess is great fun lets keep it that way

it seems you have problems to understand your own citation, which means:

enjoy chess, forget other people's business interests.

Chess and computer chess is a great game and much fun can be had by all.
There seems to be a number on this forum that appear to out to make trouble and cause dissension - please stop - there is a great number that come here to enjoy their hobby and it is a shame if they stop coming here because of all the back biting.

Concerning robbo/ippo etc 'I think the saying the writing is on the wall is appropriate' Open your eyes, ears and hearts friends the truth that these are not legitimate engines is easy to see - but i think some are blinkered because they are getting a very strong engine for free...

When you start calculations "this engine is legitimate, that engine is not", you are not enjoying chess anymore, you are giving support to the business side.

Let people who understand this matter expose their arguments.

Is that the issue? Business vs non business?

Miguel

[Guenther]

Whoever they are :-)

I see that the polls closed, with 197 votes. (!)

Just to be the first to congratulate.

Miguel

It is obvious to me that the elections are faked. There are at least 25% more
votes than in all elections before, despite being much less members than in
the past. Time to leave that place.

actually Guenther
before the change over to the new forum software(March 06)
200+ voters for the CCC elections was quite common
ICD use to keep a seperate web page for all of the Prior elections but sadly that no longer exists
i was able to find the results of at least one election which shows 657 votes cast (same rule of 3 votes per member)
that shows about 219 voters on avg.

http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=95861

Steve

There were double as much members at that times...