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Subject: Re: Regarding the Kramnik match: is CCC so deeply asleep??? :) :)

Author: Tony Werten

Date: 08:59:58 04/19/01

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On April 19, 2001 at 11:48:08, Christophe Theron wrote:

>Hi CCC!
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>Life is so fun!
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>I had a great time today reading the comments of Stefan and all the answers
>(yesterday was No Computer Day for me, so I did not read the forum).
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>What do I read? I read that one of the main reasons to withdraw from the Kramnik
>challenge (not the only one to be honnest) is the fact that the program must be
>sent to the player three months before the match.
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>Wow! So the player is going to prepare for three months, and because of this
>even a player weaker than Kramnik would be able to crush the computer.
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>Ach so!
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>And EVERYBODY is following up by comments like:
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>X: this is unacceptable.
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> Y: yes, this match is a joke.
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>  Z: of course, everything has been done so Kramnik will win easily.
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>   X (again): I told you! Of course Stefan HAD to withdraw after this.
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>    Y: yes, this condition is an insult!
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>     W: of course, now we know who has killed JFK.
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>:) :) :)
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>That's incredible. Everybody is jumping into the trap without even THINKING.
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>How should I call that? Disinformation, Lack of information, Deep Sleep,
>Collective Hypnosis?
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>OK, let's go for LACK OF IMAGINATION.
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>Guys, we are faced with a PROBLEM: the player will have access to the program 3
>months before the match.
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>So let's find a SOLUTION!
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>I won't go into Deep Details here, but let me tell you that I can easily write a
>program that nobody could ever prepare against, especially given the (known)
>conditions of the match.
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>You do not have to be a chess programmer to know how to do that.
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>OK, let's see if somebody can come up with a decent solution to this problem.
>Please, show me that you are not all deeply asleep and try to find creative
>solution(s). There are actually many ways to solve the problem.

OK I'll take the easy one. How about not giving your tournament book ?

Tony

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>Guys, have you seen the movie "The Matrix"? Do you remember?
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>  **** FREE YOUR MIND ****
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>    Christophe



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