Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 23:00:45 04/15/01
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On April 15, 2001 at 20:59:59, Chessfun wrote: >I would have liked to have read posts on this subject from both Bruce and >Dr. Hyatt. Yes, that would have been interesting. OTOH it's not particularly important if any of the possible particpants would have been interested or not. I've tried to explain to you, so far without too much success, that the problem lies in lack of ambition. As far as I'm concerned anyone can play against Kramnik, but I resent the fact that a good opportunity is wasted with the simplest and least ambitious of all solutions. No matter how nice the print on the invitations were or the view over the bay. All in all it boils down to a simple autoplay match between two engines at the moment. Despite the careful selection process (hmm... including DB says it all IMO) none of the programs can claim to be the strongest computer program or the best adversary to Kramnik. If that appeals to you, then fine, no problem. But it's the lowest common denominator. And that is without being paranoid about hidden agendas. The other possibility would be to arrange a candidate tournament with SMP capable programs as I've mentioned before. In accordance with the World Championships of old. It requires planning, time and money to make room for early notice to the computer chess community and tournament arrangements. All of which could have been provided with a little effort IMO given the organisation responsible and the country supposed to host the match (USA). That would also contribute to the development of computer chess in general to a higher extent than the sole challenge from the usual suspects. That is my opinion and I don't believe that being more ambitious would jeopardize the match and that it's now or never. In principle it doesn't matter for Kramnik as long as his preparations remain the same. I prefer the professional (serious, thorough and with effort) option given the known alternative. Mogens.
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