Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 10:22:44 08/16/00
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On August 16, 2000 at 12:45:06, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On August 16, 2000 at 12:28:31, Mogens Larsen wrote: > >>On August 16, 2000 at 12:11:06, Chris Carson wrote: >> >>>The two programs may decide the championship, however, I have every reason >>>to think that Ed and Jeroen would battle it out to the end regardless. >>> >>>Everyone here will be watching and anything less would be quickly >>>pointed out. I do not expect either Ed or Jeroen to take a dive just >>>so the other one can win the championship, just the oposite, I would >>>expect a long draw or a long game to prove the winner deserved it. >> >>I'm convinced they will and I don't doubt the integrity of either Ed or Jeroen. >>But there could be a quick win to the one who has the most to gain by virtue of >>a bad book line or whatever, and then I'm sure comments will be made. It's all >>pure speculation on my part and chances are slim of something like that >>happening. >> >>Best wishes... >>Mogens > >If the WMCCC was a round-robin, the schedule could be set to play these games >off early in the tournament, much like they do in round-robins between people >from the same country. > >In any case, I don't think that Schroder BV (or ChessBase, or anybody else) >would pitch a game like that. > >Dave I read in some old magazines that Fidelity used to do that. Now it seems highly unlikely: while Ed Schröder is listed on Chess Tiger team, Cristophe Théron is the main author and I think neither of them wants to lose or win a fixed game. The same for Chessbase, each program has its author and I do not expect the authors to fix games. BTW, where is the homepage of the WMCCC? José.
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