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Subject: Re: Dutch championship with Fritz!!

Author: Gordon Rattray

Date: 05:42:23 04/19/00

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On April 19, 2000 at 04:49:28, Tony Werten wrote:

>On April 19, 2000 at 02:39:21, Mark Schreiber wrote:
>
>>I also agree, this is great for computer chess fans. We need more strong
>>tournaments to allow computers. Then we can get more accurate rating. This is a
>>win for everybody. Players make more money. The program gets publicity. What
>>hardware will Fritz use? I think Fritz has a good chance to win.
>
>It's using a quad. That's about anything I could find out yet.


The following questions are due to my limited understanding...  I presume by a
"quad" you mean a 4 processor machine?  I thought that Deep Juniour was the only
program (commercial) that could take advantage of such an architecture?!  So,
why run Fritz on it?


Gordon

>
>Tony
>
>>
>>On April 18, 2000 at 19:20:11, Bas Hamstra wrote:
>>
>>>On April 18, 2000 at 05:17:49, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>>
>>>>If this really happens (I am sceptical), I think this is the most interesting
>>>>human-computer event in history after Kasparov - Deep Blue! After this we really
>>>>know how strong Fritz is. No statistical calculations needed at all, only the
>>>>result counts...
>>>>
>>>>Jouni
>>>
>>>I agree, it's great. The dutch chess community is furious though...Chess
>>>journalists don't stop to point out how scandalous it is and why Paul van der
>>>Sterren is a true hero for refusing to play Fritz (it will cost him the point).
>>>"What next", they ask, "next year a blind player to attract publicity?"
>>>
>>>:-)
>>>
>>>
>>>Bas Hamstra.



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