Author: Chessfun
Date: 12:08:16 04/15/01
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On April 15, 2001 at 11:53:57, Aaron Tay wrote: >On April 15, 2001 at 08:46:11, Frank Quisinsky wrote: > >>Hi there, >> >>when started the *?qualification?* for the match Kramnik vs. Computer? >> >>I hope not next week so all have a chance to thinking about this event or spend >>ideas. This is very important! >> >>Which person have here more information? >> >>Best >>Frank > >Whoever or whatever wins the qualification would have not much of a chance >anyway..Unlike deep Blue whoever that wins is a well known program, that Kramnik >can prepare against, I doubt the programmer can make enough changes to make it >totally different from older ones.. > >But I guess just becoming the challenger would be the holy grail for most >professionals, since that would probably increase sales by a large amount, and >raise the profile of the challenger in the minds of the general Public, after >Deep Blue, Chessmaster and Fritz.. > >While I don't like the idea of the current qualification arrangements, I'll be >happy with ANY Challenger since > >1) I don't think any is much stronger than anyother. Even Shredder, which I must >admit though is very consistent in real tournaments. > >2) I don't have any interest in pushing for the increased profile of any of the >programs.. > >Just looking forward to see how well the top chess programs handle Kramnik.. > >Aaron Nice post. Let them get on with the match. Sarah.
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