Author: Tina Long
Date: 17:04:08 03/11/00
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On March 11, 2000 at 19:41:15, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On March 11, 2000 at 19:02:10, Eelco de Groot wrote: > >>I just think someone should tell Xie Jun that she should not play under these >>conditions. If she loses in a match where she had enough time to prepare and >>rest-days between games, at least the match, Xie Jun, Junior and KC would have >>been taken seriously. About Junior being just a machine, people took Deep Blue >>seriously enough in and certainly after the match against Kasparov. Just see how >>much publicity that match generated. And if she wins or loses, I don't think she >>would have to lose, but it depends if she had time to prepare, what would it >>matter what the world thought? Knowing that you have played your best is more >>important. So, big money or not I don't think she should play now if she can >>afford to wait for better conditions. >> >>Just my opinion >>Regards, Eelco > >I don't know how much money Xie Jun will receive for the match and I certainly >don't want to speculate. I think you're right about motivation. It would be a >well placed uppercut to 2700+ GMs of the male gender if she won. You Bet!!! (actually my immediate sentiment was F%^& Oath), I was so excited when I first heard of this match months ago. Then I saw the agenda with three day breaks. Yes!!!!! Sure, she'd be underdog, but if she took it EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY and PROPERLY PREPARED (gee's hang the expense & hire Dr. Bob for advice) she COULD WIN. I think 98% of the non-chess population don't know the difference between Deep Blue & Deep Junior - & THAT was the beauty of the situation if she won. If she won, because the TV channels have no pictures of her, we'd hear the story on TV while we watched <file archive> pictures of Garry K spitting the dummy after game six. Oh I wanted that SOOOOOO Bad. "Young Woman achieves the feat the Male World Champion couldn't" & what do I get? Aaaaaarrrgggg She's simultaneously playing another tournament, & the (non-expert) conjecture is she's not in good form. The first game crashes & we still don't know the repurcussions. The second game doesn't start & there's been no official update for days. And, (of course why expect anything different) "she wouldn't have a hope" "she's just a girl" "it's just money" "no-one cares" "there's no incentive" "I reckon" "If you ask me" "what about Junior-Polgar (refering to 30min/game fritz-Polgar" Gees, I'm missing the cricket. Ha! Tina Long >That's the only >motivation I can see, but then again she might not care. There's not much money >to be made when you're a sub 2600 GM, so take the money and run. That's my >advice. > >The Deep Blue match against Kasparov buried "man vs. machine" interest in the >media. As far as the news media are concerned the machine is superior at chess. >I don't think a new match would raise the same attention outside the chess >community. Kasparov probably won't play again and I don't think anyone else >wants a go. Kramnik vs. Deep Something would be interesting though. > >Best wishes... >Mogens
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