Author: Uri Blass
Date: 03:23:24 04/19/01
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On April 19, 2001 at 05:57:45, Gabor Szots wrote: >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 For me these conditions only prove that the organizers want kramnik to win the match. I do not know if the conditions are an idea of the organizers or the idea of kramnik but the organizers decides about the conditions and not kramnik. I believe that kramnik has no problem to play against an unknown program if enough money is involved. I hope that kramnik is going to say that he does not want to get a copy of the program because it is not fair. In this case he is going to earn a lot of respect from chess players. Uri
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