Author: Mike S.
Date: 13:35:47 04/22/01
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On April 22, 2001 at 15:36:56, Martin Schubert wrote: >On April 22, 2001 at 14:31:11, Andreas Schwartmann wrote: >>(...) >>What this all comes down to is a privileged treatment of Shredder just because >>of its title. The question remains: Is this justified? >Why then a privileged treatment for Kramnik just because of his title? Is this >justified? Kramnik *has won* a match against *Kasparov*. Deep Shredder *has not won* (nor played) a match against *Deep Blue*. I think BGN is of course aware of that they need to meet decisions, which can be seriously argued in front of a worldwide audience. 9 rounds swiss is a weak argument, when various strong programs, different test, match and tournament results are around to be taken into consideration, and: none of the current leading programs has proven yet to be in the same league as Deep Blue was. Therefore, a qualifying was BGN's logical conclusion IMO. The event planned by Brain Games has a totally different dimension in terms of hardware, publicity, influence on public opinion about chess and computer chess etc. than an ICCA Championship. So if some think an ICCA title is the one and only argument which counts, they just don't realise this dimension (and even the ICCA realises it somehow as it seems). Regards, M.Scheidl
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