Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:16:54 04/19/01
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On April 19, 2001 at 06:23:24, Uri Blass wrote: >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 And if he doesn't, he is going to lose even _more_. IE I will put him down in the basement with Kasparov.... (who is a great chess player, but not much of a person).
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