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Subject: Re: Xie Jun vs Deep Junior : No game today?!

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 16:53:58 03/11/00

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On March 11, 2000 at 19:28:31, Derrick Williams wrote:

>  Buddy I think you have this backwards big time, it is the other way around,
>everytime a human loses there is tons of excuses, here are some examples  1.
>Kaspy vs Deepblue  2. Deen Hergott vs Hiarcs6 3. Kasparov vs Fritz5.32 4. Junior
>vs israeli team  all these games people gave excuses why the humans did not win.
> I know of no excuses given by computers when they lose, usually most people are
>routing for the human, and are predujiced against the machine.

Well, that's what makes us human. The ability to seige credit and abandon
defeat. Defeat has to be explained and if the excuses aren't good enough most
people will know. I don't think anyone (including me off course) knows the
amount of preparation needed to play against a machine and therefore there must
be valid excuses to be made. As for rooting against the machine. I believe that
the Adams-DJ match proved otherwise. Amir Ban was almost proclaimed saint at
face-value.

Best wishes...
Mogens



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