Author: Tina Long
Date: 21:22:35 04/11/00
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On April 12, 2000 at 00:09:09, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On April 11, 2000 at 23:25:09, Tina Long wrote: > >Just a few comments and I'll get of your back. Ha, you wish!! > >>I'm assuming, as the Machine doesn't have to qualify against the top human >>opponents that this is an exhibition match, designed to Make Money. > >My initial thought as well. > >>Here here. I don't care what the "name" of the title is, as long as too many >>top players don't refuse to play, then we will again have a "cycle" and a top >>championship match every 2 years, for as long as it is profitable. > >It should be possible to gather 25 good GMs from the top 50, but you never know >what happens. I wonder what FIDE is going to do next? The FIDE is planning the next WC Knockout, & I guess will keep trying to gedt players to sign that they won't play in Kasparov's Playground. The reason Anand didn't play Kramnik 18 months ago. > >>This is to give the Champion some exposure in the "off" year, when all his >>aspiring challengers are getting their exposure. It won't clutter the human >>side. > >Sounds reasonable even though I'm not sure it'll work. If the computer wins >it'll all be over media wise. Plan it well, with rest days & good preparation, & the Humans should win for a couple more years. A computer win = rematch. If Computer win rematch, agree - all over. > >>Why should Chessbase & Junior win a bidding war if "poor" Tigger or Hiarcs is >>the better contender. For credibility sake there should be a contendors >>tournament. > >Because the combination of exsposure for the computer program and the "fund >raising" of BGN might interfere with such an idea. Money talks. > >>I thought that a big well-publisized tournament to decide the challenger, maybe >>with a preliminary "open" Swiss with 100 or more entrants, would be good for all >>computer chess, and particularly for the winner. > >Too many I think. It might just be the WC of computer chess. > >>If the winner then went on to actually defeat the BGWC with a PC, then that >>would be the greatest achievement ever in Computer Chess. > >And maybe the last? A: This IS a window of opportunity. 10 years ago PC software had no chance. Maybe in 5 years PC Software will be beyond Humans ability. > >>Philosophically, (sp??) my first impression was I'd like to see Crafty win the >>right of challenge & then do well in a match against the BGWC. Because Crafty >>is Free to all people. >> >>And: What difference would winning the right of challenge make to the life of >>the Authors of Tigger, Rebel, Hiarcs, Lambchop!! (there's a statistical chance) >>Shredder....... >> >>I really think that this is The chance to create the biggest event for PC based >>Computer Chess Ever. > >Well, it's better to be optimistic than pessimistic. As long as it's an >exhibition game I'm not against the idea, and I support your idea of a computer >chess event whole-heartedly. > >>Bugger it, I'll ring Ray Keene myself, get me a piece of this action. > >Sam Sloan should have his number, try rgcc :o) > >>Thanks Mogens, at least you had thoughts on the subject. > >I'm always man for an argument unsupported by fact ;o). Yep, ditto, > >Best wishes... >Mogens See Ya, Tina
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