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Subject: Re: Unwanted consequences / side effects

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 04:45:07 04/17/01

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On April 17, 2001 at 05:39:55, Ed Schröder wrote:

>"world champion vs world champion", it will have a big public support, don't you
>think?

I would follow it :-). But that probably goes for the final outcome of this mess
as well, no matter what happens.

>The planned "play-off" thing is just too debatable, CCC is entirely divided
>and for good reasons.
>
>My suggestions:
>
>1) Invite more programs, invite 3-4 GM's, play x human-comp games. Afterall
>the Braingames event is a human-comp event and not a comp-comp one, no?
>Authors are fully responsible.

By what requirements should the extra invitations be made?

>2) Invite more programs and play a manual comp-comp tournament, authors are
>fully responsible.
>
>I definitely prefer option 1 which IMO comes as closest to the truth playing
>Kramnik.
>
>I think both options will have a big public support.

Probably, but adding the most popular programs ad hoc doesn't make it a more
legitimate event. Popularity isn't everything.

Mogens



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