Author: José Carlos
Date: 06:26:37 08/13/01
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On August 12, 2001 at 16:46:50, Andreas Schwartmann wrote: >I've just had the chance to talk a bit to Vishy Anand, after a match he played >vs. Peter Leko for german television, here in Cologne. Of course I've asked him >about the coming match in Barain, and he just laughed and said that the match >"is a joke." He would have imagined some kind of restrictions in terms of >cutting or limiting the opening book or things like that, but the fact that >Kramnik already has the engine 2 months in advance (he already has it!) leads to >the conclusion, "that their (he referred to Chessbase) hands are firmly tied. >Kramik can train against the program for 2 months now, day for day." I replied >then that "it's good publicity". He laughed again and pointed at Frederic >Friedel, standing nearby: "Yes ... for them!". > >Well ... I still hope the best for my favourite engine, but Vishy's comments >make me wonder. > > >Andreas When you see everybody else is missing the point... you think it's you that is missing the point. I mean: 1. Chessbase people are certainly intelligent people. I don't like some behaviours they have, but they are clever, no doubt. 2. Chessbase agreed some terms with Kramnik for this match. 3. These terms are (?!) public. 4. Chessbase claims everywhere that Kramnik is going to have a very hard time against Fritz, that Fritz is as strong as Deep Blue. 5. Now a lot of people (including Anand) claim that the terms of the much are unfair for the computer, that Kramnik will easily crash Fritz, having the engine two months before, ... I can't understand this. Chessbase must have some "hidden gun". There must be a reason why they don't say "the match is unfair, but we'll fight anyway", or something like this. If Kramnik crashes Fritz, most people (not experts, but normal public) will think he did it in fair terms, so that Fritz is very weak, and this will hurt Chessbase. If they allow an unfair match, there must be a reason why they don't believe they're gonna lose. Just my (confused) opinion. José C.
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