Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 04:56:52 04/20/01
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On April 20, 2001 at 07:15:16, Uri Blass wrote: >Kramnik has the final word. >Kramnik could say that he agrees only to play only against the world computer >champion Shredder and he does not agree to play against a champion when the >competition is not open for all programs. I agree. >Kramnik could say that he agrees to play against a world computer champion only >if there is open competition when everyone is invited. Yes. >I think that kramnik is one of the people who is responsible for the joke of a >match between Junior and Fritz without giving opportunities to other programs >like ferret that was not invited and other parallel programs. > >The claim was that they are not strong enough but you cannot decide if programs >are not strong enough without testing them. Correct. >You cannot put all the blame on the BGN I agree that Kramnik determines the conditions under which they play to a large extent. But I'm also quite sure that he doesn't want to use a lot of time with the arrangements. BGN is repsonsible for how they present the match given the conditions of the qualification tournament. They don't match and they know that, which makes it a swindle IMO. >Kramnik should refuse to something that is not fair. In principle, yes. Sadly, money has a tendency to kill off idealism in most cases. Kramnik probably sees this as a recreational event with little risk and significant gain. The only real problem would be losing, so that possibility is minimized as much as possible. Regards, Mogens
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