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Subject: Re: There seems to be only 2 possible challengers for Kramnik

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:27:35 04/19/01

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On April 19, 2001 at 05:57:47, Thomas Lagershausen wrote:

>On April 19, 2001 at 05:07:51, Tanya Deborah wrote:
>
>>On April 19, 2001 at 01:26:55, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>
>>>Because Shredder is not interested and Deeper Blue is retired, there is only
>>>Deep Fritz & Deep Junior. I prefer Junior to play, because it's rating with
>>>4 prosessors last year was 2700, so it won't be total massacre...
>
>Why do you think that only junior have a good performace against gm´s that have
>never played before a computer like akopian?
>Look at that game and you will see that my old pentium 100 mhz get easyly a draw
>against a gm like akopian who only wants a draw.
>>>
>>>Jouni
>>>
>>>PS. Of course Crafty with 32 or more uPs will be interesting, but it then need
>>>professional level book by expert!
>
>No question.
>>
>>
>>
>>Yes!, But like i said : the match against Kramnik is very unfair for the
>>program. The rules of this event need to be change... If not, will be a CLEAR
>>WIN for Kramnik.
>
>More than unfair.Kramnik can prepare his match with a copy that he can buy in a
>shop.Thats ok,anything else is a joke, because the games are prepared by kramnik
>in his room.
>
>>
>>My question is : What think Enrique and Bertil about that Shredder will not
>>play, there will be an invitation for Crafty??
>
>Crafty is not so much designed to play against machines.It could be interesting
>to see crafty playing on his very special hardware.
>
>But there should be four competitors, anything else smells to much in a sense of
>undemocratic behavior.At last but not least they should wait till christophe
>theron is making a deeptiger.
>
>Thomas Lagershausen
>>
>>Tanya Deborah.


Count me out.  SMK was at the last event Crafty played at and he won.  He
has earned the right to play Kramnik already.  Another contest to choose the
challenger is nothing less than an insult to him...



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