Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:14:28 05/16/00
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On May 16, 2000 at 18:31:30, Hans Gerber wrote: >On May 16, 2000 at 18:14:46, Adrien Regimbald wrote: > >(snip) > >> In >>this case, the gold is the opportunity to play games against GM opposition. >>Trust me, if the players decide they don't want to play computers at all >>anymore, computers will never see the light of day again in a human tournament. >> >> >>Regards, >>Adrien. > > >In CCC it seems as if the experts of computerchess (with the exception of R. >Hyatt as far as I could follow the debate) think that it goes the other way >round. That chessplayers should be happy to have the chance to play against a >machine. In reality the players have a no-win position against an opponent who >is still much weaker as GMs. > >But what is more important: > >You have a wonderful clear-cut style! I want to read more. You miss several key points. In the current case, Fritz brought a big hunk of prize money with it. Computers are generally not allowed to win _any_ prize money in such events... so humans _still_ win all the cash, even if the computer wins the event. Bottom line: computer doubles the prize fund, it takes nothing away, it attracts a lot of publicity that would not normally be present. What part of that is a bad thing? yes, some people don't want computers in. And they should get their wish. But when the prize fund shrinks by 50%, they might re-think their position. I know I would much rather play for $200,000 than for $100,000. Particularly since the amount of the prize doesn't change if the computer wins or loses. It is a win-win for the humans. The alternative is to have ChessBase set up their own tournament, and invite 3-4 computers, plus several GM players. And if the GM doesn't want to play the machine, he stays home. If he does, he has a chance at a big payday. And _some_ human will win the money, since the computers don't take the prize money.
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