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

Author: Jason Williamson

Date: 17:47:45 04/18/01

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On April 18, 2001 at 18:33:28, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>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.
>
>
>If it were me, I would probably play.  But I would also feel perfectly free
>to change things between rounds.  Agreement or no agreement.  I also would
>feel perfectly free to make changes to the program up to the time of the
>match.
>
>The current set of requirements is completely ridiculous...
>
>I wouldn't feel compelled to adhere to such nonsense.

Personally, I think you should also demand a fair trade....you give them a copy
of your program in advance, but they have to give you a copy of the latest
version of Kramnik.

;)




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