Author: Gabor Szots
Date: 02:57:45 04/19/01
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On April 18, 2001 at 14:24:54, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On April 18, 2001 at 13:58:10, Uri Blass wrote: > >>I looked at old posts of Bertil(not from the l;ast 36 hours) and found the >>following sentence: >> >>"Programmers are free to develop their engines until October 1st, provided >>that they will send regular updates to Kramnik." >> >>I guess that the first decision was that they are not free to develop their >>engines but I still do not see it as a big change because the main problem is >>the fact that kramnik is going to get a copy of the program. >> >>I totally dislike it because programs cannot get a copy of humans. >> >>If kramnik cannot beat the program when he gets only games of the programs then >>it simply mean that kramnik is weaker then the program. >> >>I did notice that it is a revised edition because I was angry about the unfair >>conditions and thought that these unfair conditions can be decided only as >>original edition and not as revised edition. > >Exactly. The chances of making major modifications and testing them within three >months are rather limited. Maybe the refund came later too. > >Regards, >Mogens For me these conditions only show that Kramnyik is afraid of being humiliated by a machine. Mere cowardice. His match against Kasparov told the same story: How to win against somebody who is better than you? His main weapon is preparation. How unfair that the machine does not get the same chance. This is an overassurance by Kramnyik. He is the favourite anyway. Gábor
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