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Subject: Re: NEWS: The match Kramnik-Computer more and more near

Author: Wayne Lowrance

Date: 12:38:34 04/07/01

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On April 06, 2001 at 09:36:53, Uri Blass wrote:

>On April 06, 2001 at 09:24:27, Harald Faber wrote:
>
>>On April 06, 2001 at 06:20:59, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote:
>>
>>>On April 06, 2001 at 04:22:45, Harald Faber wrote:
>>>
>>>>On April 05, 2001 at 22:48:04, Mike Castañuela wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Taken from ElPais Digital (spain):
>>>>>
>>>>>(Brief resume: Enrique Irazoqui is planning to organize the tournament to decide
>>>>>the best program (between 3, the Deeps Fritz, Junior and Shredder) which will
>>>>>contend vs. Kramnik in Bahrein, at date not yet determined.
>>>>>(Ah, and DeepBlue, but the difficulty of which this is made is obvious)).
>>>>>
>>>>>I hope that this match is to be carried (seems very obvious)
>>>>>with the presence of the programmers, which is essential to make the tourn
>>>>>valid (ethically speaking).
>>>>>
>>>>>Also, a question more: why not more programms at the contest
>>>>>(e.g. Gambit-Tiger comes to my mind as a very plasible option, mainly by its
>>>>>style).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>What reference does Tiger have in comparison with Deep Fritz and Shredder?
>>>>Shredder is the current world champion, Deep Fritz leads the SSDF. Unless
>>>>Tiger14 or GambitTiger2 will top the SSDF, the decision will certainly be made
>>>>between the 2 mentioned programs.
>>>>Don't get me wrong, I'd also like to see one of the Tigers play, but for
>>>>officials there will be no justification.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Gambit Tiger won impressively the French and the Dutch computer chess
>>>championships. I believe Christophe deserves a shot. And I definitely would like
>>>to see the authors directly involved, and when posible operating themselves.
>>>José.
>>
>>Sure, but for public(ity) it is more value if the prog is world champion or
>>leader of the most important rating list.
>
>I think that you should not worry about it because tiger is going to be the ssdf
>leader in a few monthes and the question is if it is going to be Gambittiger2 or
>Tiger14.
>
>Uri

Add one vote for either one of the Tigers.

WAyne



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