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Subject: Re: Heck :all programs withdraw. copy updates unreasonable. his loss (NT)

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 11:49:19 04/18/01

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On April 18, 2001 at 14:22:26, Dann Corbit wrote:

>Big mistake.
>
>Draw out the big fish any way you can, and grovel on your knees over barbed wire
>and broken glass to get them.
>
>Give them whatever it takes to make the match happen (but nothing more than
>that).
>
>Mega matches like this are as rare as hen's teeth.  Should we really tell them
>to take a hike?
>
>Unfair?  Sure, but interesting none-the-less.

There's nothing wrong IMO with a match between Kramnik and the ChessBase
champion. Just another exhibition match with difficult terms voluntarily imposed
on the program.

The unfairness comes from the intentions with the match, planning, execution and
eventual advertising efforts. Otherwise it's just a match.

Mogens.



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