Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 18:12:15 11/03/03
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On November 03, 2003 at 19:51:10, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >I don't get it why Friedel's interview should be remarkable! Yes, it is very >remarkable to present the main representative of one business side of the show >and let him make bogus comments about the importance of the show. > >- What FRITZ is concerned we still remember the unforgettable show in Bahrain. >It was KRAMNIK, who is the one who has won the championship in a match against >Kasparov, who made the unbelievable commentary that he had lost his chess memory >durin the second half of the event, which reminds us of the old fairy tales of >1001 nights and the woman Sheherazade. > >- What KASPAROV is concerned we know that he is no longer the best human player, http://www.fide.com/ratings/top.phtml 1 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2830 2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2777 3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2766 >because he lost to KRAMNIK fair and straight, and he never was the strongest >because there is only one candidate for that crown and his name is FISCHER. You are a great fan of Fischer not because of chess, but because of his other opinions (http://home.att.ne.jp/moon/fischer). This forum is hardly the place to discuss them... > >- What FRIEDEL is concerned, even a study in philosophy, not to speak of >linguistics, can hide that he is just a marketing guru and business man. He >knows enough about chess journalism to stir up the emotions a little bit, but >his old buddy Kasparov is no longer a serious number in World's chess. > >- What X3D is concerned it is ridiculous to pretend that now at last people can >hope to be able to play "real" virtual chess. Because if people want to play >real chess, also in 3D, nobody can stop them to play human chess in one of the >thousands of clubs everywhere. A real chess player does not need X3D or 3D to >play chess against a chess machine. Not to speak of chess masters who also need >no display at all, because they can play chess like a blind just with the >imagined pieces in his head. A virtual board for chess is unneccessary because a >2D board on the display contains all the informations needed for the battle in >chess. That is different for all kind of adventure games. > >- What the FUTURE of chess is concerned, the machines will need some further >time to improve their play to become dangerous for real chess GM. Actually a >motivated 2150 player from Germany, who is willing to play the biggest nonsense >chess, can outplay a computer in chess, because the machine cannot be prepared >for all kind of situations a smart human being can create. And nobody did ever >pretend that chess machines are smart. No, they are fast, they are exact, but >all this only till darkness brings complete blindness at the so called horizon >of the machine; the maximum depth beyond which the machine can no longer see >what will happen. Of course a human being has no limitations. His experience can >help him see till the end of the game. Of course philosopher Friedel must plead >for the mercy of ignorance although he knows exactly what a chess machine can do >and what it cannot achieve. But a philosopher as a business man is in a so >called double bind. > > >- Somehow the whole event is justified because Kasparov played an incredibly >high role in the marketing of ChessBase, the company of Friedel. So it's only >fair that he gets anothr 1 million dollars or some such for his old age. > > >Rolf
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