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Subject: Re: Why no computer at 2001 Corus-Wijk aan Zee?

Author: Jason Williamson

Date: 18:11:10 10/13/00

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On October 13, 2000 at 04:56:33, Mark Schreiber wrote:

>On October 13, 2000 at 03:16:44, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On October 13, 2000 at 01:42:54, David Blackman wrote:
>>
>>>On October 12, 2000 at 04:34:41, Mark Schreiber wrote:
>>>
>>>>Did anybody try to enter a computer into the category 19 2001 Corus-Wijk aan Zee
>>>>tournament? If Millennium 2000 or anybody else thinks a computer can beat the
>>>>world champion, it should first qualify by winning a category 19 or higher
>>>>event.
>>>
>>>Maybe if anybody thinks their computer can win a category 19 or higher, they
>>>should first beat the world champion in a match. Getting a computer match
>>>against a world champion is difficult but apparently can be done. It's been done
>>>twice. Getting a computer into a category 19 or higher probably can't be done.
>>>If you have a million or so US$ for sponsorship, you could probably get a
>>>computer into a tournament of that strength, but you probably couldn't persuade
>>>FIDE to rate it, or give it a category.
>>
>>Fide is not important.
>>The average of the rating of the players is the important thing to decide about
>>the category of the tournament.
>>
>>I think that Deep Junior played in at least category 19 tournament but I am not
>>sure about the definition of category 19.
>>
>>If you use the fide definition then a match against the world champoion was
>>never done because kasparov was not the fide champion at the time that he played
>>against deep blue or Deeper blue.
>>
>>>
>>>The strongest tournament a computer has played in was the last Netherlands
>>>championship. There was much controversy there, and i doubt it will happen
>>>again.
>>
>>The strongest tournament that a computer played was the tournament when Deep
>>Junior did 50%(kramnik,Anand,Leko were part of the players in this tournament).
>>
>>Uri
>
>You are referring to Dortmund 2000 Super GM tournament in July 2000. Any
>thoughts why Deep Junior did not enter the 2001 Corus-Wijk aan Zee tournament?
>
>The 2001 Corus-Wijk aan Zee tournament will have an average fide rating of 2713
>a category 19 event. The Dortmund 2000 Super GM tournament had an average fide
>rating of 2702 also a category 19 event.
>Mark

These are not swiss tournaments where anyone can enter, these are closed round
robin events.  Simply put, they were not invited.

JW




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