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Subject: Re: Why Shredder is not playing...

Author: Ralf Elvsén

Date: 06:28:45 04/18/01

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On April 18, 2001 at 06:11:04, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote:

>
>
>A lot of discussion is going on about the planned Kramnik machine match and I
>think it is necessary to give you my point of view about the whole issue. I
>refused to play in this event for various reasons which I will sum up below:
>
>·	The final version of the program playing against Kramnik must be made
>available to Kramnik end of July already. This makes an match with equal chances
>impossible as it will be very easy for Mr. Kramnik to prepare and win a match
>against any program under this circumstances. I would even say that it is
>possible for human players of my strength to win a match against any program
>with this conditions.
>
I am glad that you see this as a big problem. Of course it would be
a very exiting event, but it has to be fair. If this demand was
Kramniks idea from the beginning, I would "respect" him a little
less.

Ralf
>
>Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, author of Shredder.



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