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Subject: Re: 40/2 (Again)

Author: blass uri

Date: 20:15:20 05/02/99

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On May 02, 1999 at 19:25:38, James T. Walker wrote:

>On May 02, 1999 at 06:05:58, blass uri wrote:
>
>>
>>On May 02, 1999 at 05:48:07, odell hall wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>On May 02, 1999 at 01:49:32, James Robertson wrote:
>>>
>>>>I think It would be a rather cool project to compile a list of all the GM -
>>>>computer games played at 40/2. So far this is my list:
>>>>
>>>>Rebel10 - Anand 1998, 2 games, 0.5-1.5
>>>>Fritz - Efimov ??, 1 Game 1-0 (I don't have the pgn for this game; does anybody
>>>>know where I can get it?
>>>>
>>>>Can anybody help me lengthen it?
>>>>
>>>>James
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Wow that's pretty hard to do because most grandmasters are scared to play
>>>computers.
>>
>>I do not know about it.
>>Junior played against GM's in tournaments and there was no problem.
>>
>>Amir Ban is not aware to problem and there was only one case when smirin refused
>>to play against it in G/30
>>
>>I think that it played at least 10 games against GM's
>>at time controls of 2 hours per 40 moves+1 hour per game
>>or 90 minutes per 30 moves +1 hour per game.
>>
>>Maybe 5-10% of the GM's are scared to play against computers and this is the
>>reason that most sponsors do not let computers to play.
>>
>>Do you have an evidence that the number of GM's who play in tournaments when
>>program are allowed to play  is significantlly smaller?(assume there is no right
>>to refuse to play against the computer, and assume the same prizes for humans)
>>
>>Uri
>
>Hello Uri,
>In the U.S. when computers were allowed to play in tournaments there was almost
>always an "Out" for anyone who did not want to play the machines.  The problem
>comes when you realise that the machines still have a big effect on who gets the
>prize money.  Imagine that two players come down to the final round tied.  One
>has signed the "No computers" list the other has not.  So one guy gets
>Fritz/Junior/Hiarcs on a Quad Xeon or something like that and the other guy gets
>an IM because he was smart enough to "NOPlay" computers.

This is the reason that I think we need to have no right
to refuse to play against the computer.

Uri




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