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

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 09:44:26 04/19/01

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On April 19, 2001 at 10:27:35, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>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...

Very sportsmanlike Bob!

A free strong SMP Crafty, free source code, glad there are not too many of
you :-)

Ed




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