Author: Roger
Date: 17:54:18 03/12/00
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I don't think you get it yet. ;) If Xie and her handlers had brought an exact duplicate of Amir's machine into the tournament, their intention to cheat would have been clear, since they would simply choose the right opening to reproduce whole games move for move. Accordingly, for the result to be ambiguous, there must be some subtle differences between the machine they actually brought into the tournament and Amirs. That gives them exactly the wiggle room they need to perpetuate a facade of fairness, what you call "the potential difference between moves." That is why I say Xie should lose this match, because only if she loses will we KNOW that the match is real. Otherwise, we will always be left with uncertainty, and only a very sadistic person (or a manical joker, laughing at us behind our backs) would create and perpetuate a situation in which people want to know whether something is real, but never can. Roger On March 12, 2000 at 20:31:41, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On March 12, 2000 at 20:17:32, Roger wrote: > >>You get real, Mogens. ;) > >I try every day :o) > >>Xie doesn't need to fit a Kryotech into her handbag...she only needs to be >>ingenious enough in find an opening that Junior will play the same way deep into >>the game, so that many pieces come off the board. She can then play on from >>there with Kryotech at her leisure, and then reproduce these games move for move >>under "tournament" conditions. > >The difference in hardware alone would make this almost impossible, because of >the potentiel difference in moves. Secondly, ensuring that DJ selects that >opening seems rather suspect. Xie Jun knows elements of DJ's opening book and >DJ-team knows Xie Juns preference for the Ruy Lopez. Looks fair to me. > >>Truth is always stranger than fiction. It happens so often that this phrase is >>now a permanent part of the language. > >Well, some people believes that the X-files is the truth. > >Best wishes... >Mogens
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