Author: Omid David
Date: 17:49:49 06/21/02
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On June 21, 2002 at 15:10:09, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On June 21, 2002 at 13:18:55, Randall Jouett wrote: > >>Howdy, GCP. >> >> >>On June 21, 2002 at 09:54:18, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >> >>>On June 21, 2002 at 07:45:56, Robert Henry Durrett wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>Is there anything at all about Quest which is different from the commercial >>>>version of Fritz 7? >>> >>>The idea is that if Quest/Fritz wins the tournament, ChessBase can say >>>Fritz won. If it loses, they will say it was Quest. >> >>OTOH, I guess you couldn't really blame them for doing this, I guess? >>(Shrug.) In other words, let's say that they decided to try some new, >>radical idea that might actually add 25-50 ELO points, but they're >>not really sure if things are going to work out in the long run. If >>Fritz would lose, its reputation would probably be tarnished by the >>ignorant public. Personally, I wouldn't wouldn't think this way, >>and I'm sure most of us who here would agree. OTOH, they're >>dealing with the general public here, and if Fritz placed 3rd out of >>the pack, then the public probably be all up in arms -- shouting from >>the rafters! -- that some other program bested the mighty Fritz. >> >> >>IMHO, I think should have entered the latest, greatest commerically-available >>Fritz and maybe an experimental version of the program, calling it >>something like thing "Fritz Experimental" or something. If the experimental >>version of the program fails to work out, then they really haven't lost >>all that much on their reputation. I mean, from what reading here, >>I'm sure that most people following the tournament are going to know >>(in the long run) that Quest is probably an experimental Fritz. Changing >>the name of the program from Fritz to Quest, IMHO, kind of makes them >>look guilty, as if they had something to hide. >> >> >>Best Regards, >> >>Randall > > >Call a spade a spade. It is a marketing ploy designed to mislead John Q. >public. Nothing more. Nothing less. It is a way to exploit success while >avoiding looking bad when the predictable bad result happens. I definitely agree. Such high profile tournaments are not meant for testing "radical ideas" at mentioned. Everyone comes with the best he has at the moment. Their most feared opponent is of course Junior, if they lose to Junior here (after the unconvincing win in qualification to match Kramnik), the whole "Brains in Bahrain" stuff will be overshadowed by such a loss. But of course I don't blame them, this is the business!
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