Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 09:06:48 04/19/01
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On April 19, 2001 at 11:59:58, Tony Werten wrote:
>On April 19, 2001 at 11:48:08, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>Hi CCC!
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>>Life is so fun!
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>>I had a great time today reading the comments of Stefan and all the answers
>>(yesterday was No Computer Day for me, so I did not read the forum).
>>
>>What do I read? I read that one of the main reasons to withdraw from the Kramnik
>>challenge (not the only one to be honnest) is the fact that the program must be
>>sent to the player three months before the match.
>>
>>Wow! So the player is going to prepare for three months, and because of this
>>even a player weaker than Kramnik would be able to crush the computer.
>>
>>Ach so!
>>
>>And EVERYBODY is following up by comments like:
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>>X: this is unacceptable.
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>> Y: yes, this match is a joke.
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>> Z: of course, everything has been done so Kramnik will win easily.
>>
>> X (again): I told you! Of course Stefan HAD to withdraw after this.
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>> Y: yes, this condition is an insult!
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>> W: of course, now we know who has killed JFK.
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>>:) :) :)
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>>That's incredible. Everybody is jumping into the trap without even THINKING.
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>>How should I call that? Disinformation, Lack of information, Deep Sleep,
>>Collective Hypnosis?
>>
>>OK, let's go for LACK OF IMAGINATION.
>>
>>
>>Guys, we are faced with a PROBLEM: the player will have access to the program 3
>>months before the match.
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>>So let's find a SOLUTION!
>>
>>I won't go into Deep Details here, but let me tell you that I can easily write a
>>program that nobody could ever prepare against, especially given the (known)
>>conditions of the match.
>>
>>You do not have to be a chess programmer to know how to do that.
>>
>>
>>OK, let's see if somebody can come up with a decent solution to this problem.
>>Please, show me that you are not all deeply asleep and try to find creative
>>solution(s). There are actually many ways to solve the problem.
>
>OK I'll take the easy one. How about not giving your tournament book ?
>
>Tony
That's a possibility. Not the only one, but that's obviously a wise thing to do.
Christophe
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