Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:06:44 04/19/01
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On April 19, 2001 at 20:36:58, Chessfun wrote: >On April 19, 2001 at 06:37:35, Mogens Larsen wrote: > >>On April 18, 2001 at 23:51:36, Chessfun wrote: >> >>>Amir never wrote anything that proves the distributor had anything >>>to do with it. >> >>That's true. But I assume that ChessBase have funded tournament participation in >>human GM tournaments in the past for Fritz and Junior. That is why I doubt that >>ChessBase wasn't consulted by Amir. >> >>Of course, it's pure speculation. But with a financial agreement existing >>between the two and given the commercial possibilities in a match against >>Kramnik, I doubt ChessBase kept absolutely quiet. >> >>>Amir wrote they negotiated, the same as Shredder could >>>have. >> >>No, he wrote that they negotiated _after_ Ossi said: We're out! That is >>something different. The negotiations didn't result in major changes, so the >>argument isn't valid. > >The argument is about whether Chessbase stacked the deck as you termed it. >Either that is correct or it isn't. Nothing Amir said indicates that is so. >Whether they negotiated prior to Shredder withdrawl or after I don't see as >relevant. > >Sarah. Mogens is right here. Obviously the two remaining entries are ChessBase programs. You might think that is a coincidence. I find that a bit hard to swallow. But then I have seen many of the older micro tournaments and watched the "fixing" that went on. So this doesn't seem odd at all by those standards. Since Ferret finished higher than fritz or junior at the last WCCC event, Ferret should have been the next choice if Shredder / SMK were not interested. Bruce was not even contacted. Does that seem normal or a bit odd? Especially since Ferret fits the so-called "deep" paradigm.... although I hate that term.
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