Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 08:03:04 04/20/01
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On April 19, 2001 at 20:45:21, Chessfun wrote: >What gave me the idea is you have been arguing that Shredder should be the >only program to play the match with Kramnik. Then you haven't been reading very carefully and paying attention. I've written several times that the only alternative to accepting Shredder as the obvious candidate would be an open tournament/challenge. If that isn't possible then the choice is obvious. Shredder. And I've written that I prefer the tournament option myself. Mainly because I want to give the programs that didn't attend the championships a chance. After all, they didn't know that the winner would have a shot at Kramnik (well, we can't even be sure about that). Secondly, because there might be SMP versions or prototypes available of other programs. Be they commercial, free or private. >No they can make any rules they wish, there is no "must". If you want to make it a credible event, ie. concurrence between the purpose of the event and execution, then there is. The basic principle of stating ambition and planning an event that accomplishes this ambition. So far, that isn't the case here. >Whether a program or programmer or distributor decides to accept them is >something else. Sure, but it doesn't validate the arrangement. >There is no indifference about not being overly concerned by details. You use indifference as a shield everytime one of your attempts to validate the current arrangement is shot down in this forum. >You go the total opposite of it and critique every minor detail to the point >that regardless of how it was set up you would still argue just for the sake of >it. The details of the current arrangement are completely irrelevant, because its premises are flawed from the start. Minor details are not very interesting. I suggest you read this: http://www.icdchess.com/forums/1/message.shtml?164757 to understand the problem. >IMO You don't care if the match takes place regardless of which program is >chosen/selected as it holds little interest for you. That is correct, the event means very little to me. I'll watch it and probably cheer for Kramnik, and that's about it. In all honesty, I could sit down and watch the quarrel. But I _do_ care about fairness and I _do_ care about the programmers who feels bypassed due to a obscure selection process out of principle. Try putting yourself in their position and try to focus on wishes different from your own. That would do you good I think. Regards, Mogens
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