Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 16:17:30 04/05/00
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On April 05, 2000 at 17:50:09, blass uri wrote: >On April 05, 2000 at 16:43:10, Jeroen Noomen wrote: > >>Hi computer chess fans, >> >>Just read this message on the Dutch teletekst: >> >>"Fritz SSS* is the 12th participant in the Dutch championship. >>There has been a agreement with 10 of the 11 human players >>that the computer takes part. Only IGM Van der Sterren refuses >>to play the machine and gets a '0' by forfeit. >>The acceptance came after it is clear that there will be a record >>in prize money this year". >> >>Personally I totally dislike this agreement. Computers should not >>play in a championship of a country. That Van der Sterren is robbed >>of a full point is very sour and gives me a bitter taste. Humans >>should never be forced to play against a machine. >>IMO the dutch chess federation has made a very poor step here. I am >>curious what others think of this! >> >>Regards, Jeroen > >I do not understand the reason for choosing Fritz to play and not Rebel when >Rebel's results against humans in the Israeli league are better. Was a choice made? How does one normally qualify to play in the Dutch championship? Did Fritz have to go through this process? Did Rebel go through this process? >I support forcing humans to play against the machine. >I think that if we do not force humans to play against the machine we can never >find the machine's real rating. > >Humans should not have the right to avoid machines in a tournament for the same >reason that they have no right to avoid playing against humans. > >I see no problem with programs playing in a championship of a country if humans >do not get less prizes because of it and the first human will be called as the >champion even if the first player is a computer. Is Fritz ineligible to win prize money? >I think that programs should prove that they deserve to play in the final stage >by playing in previous stages in the same way as humans. Definitely. Chinook won the right to play Marion Tinsley by finishing second to him in a U.S. championship (that Tinsley finished first in). >Uri Dave
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