Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 13:23:00 04/15/01
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On April 15, 2001 at 12:17:41, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On April 15, 2001 at 11:51:07, Ed Schröder wrote: > >>You are forgetting an important issue, not mentioned yet in this discussion. >> >>Whenever I have to put $5000 on the table the least thing I want to have is >>the full responsibility for that. The idea to donate $5000 and then wait for >>the message, "you have won" or "you have lost" isn't exactly appealing. > >That was why I called the absense of programmer involvement an insult. It has >nothing to do with the credibility of the person responsible for the >qualification round, but it's just not professional as you mention yourself. > >>What I want for the money is my own chosen operator, my own book, optimal >>hardware, my own settings. In case I fail to qualify I can only blame myself >>because I was there. > >Given the presumed official nature of the match, ie. Kramnik vs. the strongest >computer program available, it implies certain minimum requirements. Authentic >match conditions with legitimate arbitration and supervision would have to be >one of them. That goes without saying IMAO. > >Mogens. I understand your point and that of Ed, but if there is a guy capable of giving confidence about this qualification tourn is Enrique. He has the better harware available, knows everything about books and settings and in case he does not know something, I am sure he is ready to receive any sugestion. Of course things would be more satisfing with an open event, but if for some reason that is not possible, Enrique was and is the best second choice. Else: I do not know of ANy tourn, opened or not, that has not produced some kind of controversy. There is always room for complains: the hardaware was not THAT fast, the operator was a dud, the book was corrupted, the electricity went down, etc. Fernando
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