Author: Andreas Schwartmann
Date: 08:16:45 04/16/01
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On April 15, 2001 at 18:44:06, Bertil Eklund wrote: > >Here is some news about the upcoming event: > > >- We invited 4 programs: DB and the Deeps of Fritz, Shredder and Junior. >"We" is BGN and Enrique Irazoqui, with Bertil Eklund as consultant. > >- DB is obvious. Fritz has been leading everything in computer chess, short >of a Swiss open of 7 rounds that receives the name "world championship". >Shredder is strong and got the 2 last titles, whatever they mean, although >it never topped the SSDF list, never won long tournaments. Junior is also >strong, was first in the SSDF list about a year ago, won some long >tournaments, achieved a PR of 2702 last year in Dortmund. The rest is either >not strong enough or not SMP ready, which means they don't have a chance and >their inclusion would only increase randomness. I like almost everything you wrote but for two things: "Non-SMP-engines won't stand a chance". In the case of Tiger 14.0 I strongly doubt that. I would go so far as to say that Tiger might even top your next SSDF List. It would be a strange event if only the 4 afore mentioned programs decide who amongst them is fit to face Kramnik and the (most likely) #1 of SSDF is not one of them. I don't like the idea that Kramnik will get engine updates up to the last moment. That does not give any chosen engine a fair start. Kramnik might (and surely will) find holes in the engine's handlings of certain opening lines just by experimenting. He will use this knowledge doubtlessly. I think it would be fair enough to provide the World Champion with publicly available games of his to-be-decided opponent. Andreas
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