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Subject: Re: to our conspiracy theorists

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 12:31:21 10/20/02

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On October 20, 2002 at 13:38:11, Otello Gnaramori wrote:

>On October 20, 2002 at 11:03:07, Bob Durrett wrote:
>
>>Doubtless, all chessplayers would have been very happy if Kramnik had played
>>fantastic brilliancies in every game!
>>
>>Unfortunately, the inescapable conclusion would have been that "chess computers
>>are just not up there yet."  A rematch would then have been seen as pointless,
>>at least until the computers had become better.  Why rematch if the outcome is
>>already known in advance?
>>
>>Similarly, if Fritz had smashed Kramnik.  People would say that a rematch would
>>be pointless because it was clear that the computer would win again.
>>
>>Bob D.
>
>So from the outcome of the match we can conclude that an equilibrium point was
>reached more or less...
>
>w.b.r.
>Otello

Hmmm.  You're using big words on me again!  : )



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