Author: Hans Gerber
Date: 04:19:07 05/17/00
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On May 16, 2000 at 23:14:28, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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. I see no need to disagree here. I did already speak out the same. I am not against computers in tournaments.
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