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Subject: Re: Kramnik Had It Too Easy - What Can Fritz Do?

Author: Omid David

Date: 07:05:11 10/05/02

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On October 05, 2002 at 04:29:45, Uri Blass wrote:

>On October 05, 2002 at 03:48:38, Graham Laight wrote:
>
>>If Kramnik can obtain a draw this easily with black, then the Fritz team need to
>>do something.
>
>No
>
>A draw with white against kramnik is an excellent result for Fritz.
>
>>
>>But what can they do?
>>
>>I assume they'll be able to change the first few moves of the opening to avoid
>>an exact repetition of yesterday's game - but I think that that's the limit.
>>
>>I assume that they're not allowed to alter the evaluation in any way.
>>
>>It's difficult to see how Fritz can avoid losing now, unfortunately.
>>
>>-g
>
>Why unfortunately?

Exactly the opposite. For the sake of computer chess I hope that both Kramnik
and Kasparov win their matches, to prove that humans are still stronger than
computers. This can spark renewed public interest in computer chess, which was
diminished after Deep Blue's unfortunate victory in 1997.



>
>Uri



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