Author: stuart taylor
Date: 18:24:52 01/06/03
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On January 06, 2003 at 13:59:46, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >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. > > This is yet another clever reply from Omid. (i.e. we are thinking that DB is the great thing, and if something else DOES beat Kasparov, it has to be scientific. But it might really be absolutely the other way round!) Excuse me Omid, but I felt it deserved a Rashi! R.
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