Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 11:29:35 08/13/01
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On August 12, 2001 at 16:46:50, Andreas Schwartmann wrote: If Frans Morsch didn't lie a few years ago: "Fritz focusses upon search" then he doesn't need to worry against kramnik being prepared as kramnik for sure doesn't have the hardware with which chessbase is going to show up. However, for the positional insight of fritz i do not give a penny, though like all programs it progressed immense when compared to the weak play we all showed a year or 5 ago. Nevertheless, Kramnik is the ultimate nightmare for a computer. Whether he prepares or not (most likely he hardly prepares, because after a few afternoons of fiddling he already will figure out his play is especially suited to win from a program), Fritz is going to get humiliated for sure. Nevertheless it's good for publicity. The fact that this match is there, that's very good. How Braingames has organized the match and how they selected only chessbase to play them, that can only be explained probably by their big wallet. Chessbase somehow did an offer back in around februari this year to braingames, which no one can supersede somehow, because they never even listened to others. >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
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