Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 10:59:46 01/06/03
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On January 06, 2003 at 12:42:50, Daniel Clausen wrote: >On January 06, 2003 at 12:16:19, Graham Laight wrote: > >[snip] > >>I sincerely hope the game does go ahead on shedule in the USA. I personally >>regard it as the most important computer chess game since DB '97. A REAL chance >>to directly compare a micro against DB. > >No, it's entertainment, and that's it. This is a far cry from a scientific test >of _any_ kind. > > >>Anyway - Junior is the program that's playing, and if the game does go ahead, >>the information it will yield will be invaluable. > >Yeah sure. :p > >Case "Junior wins" >-The prize money was ridiculous anyway! (compared to the money he gets for just >showing up) >-It was just too much psychological stress for Kasparov before the match, since >it was delayed soo many times >-Unfair conditions! K didn't have exactly the version of J that he played >against! >-Unfair! The book was mean! :p >-what not > > >Case: "Draw" >-The prize money was ridiculous (see above) >-Kramnik probably payed him, so he(Kramnik) doesn't lose face >-The sponsors payed Kasparov to draw the last game! >-what not > > >Case: "K wins" >-Junior is not the best program against humans anyway! >-The version of Junior was only beta-quality! Why didn't they use the >well-tested Junior7!? >-what not > > >Anyway, I look forward to see the games too - if they ever play. It's surely fun >for every (computer-)chess enthusiast to watch these kind of events. It has >_nothing_ to do with science though.. of course we'll still have an endless >debate about the result afterwards in CCC. [and I'm sure DeepBlue will be >mentioned too ;)] > It might be scientific, it might be not. Anyway, it will definitely be more scientific than the IBM match for sure. >Sargon
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