Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 12:06:24 04/21/01
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On April 21, 2001 at 12:59:09, Mogens Larsen wrote:
>On April 21, 2001 at 12:21:21, Frank Quisinsky wrote:
>
>>Hi there,
>>
>>sorry, Chess Tiger is not World Champion.
>>The theme is not Gandalf, Chess Tiger, Chessmaster, Rebel, Junior, Nimzo,
>>Ferret, Socrates or others ...
>>
>>THE THEME IS:
>>
>>A. A new WM !! (the best way for all, unfortunately)
>>B. Only DEEP SHREDDER !
>>
>>We get not an results when all Tiger fans write:
>>Tiger, Tiger, Tiger ...
>>
>>All Rebel fans write:
>>Rebel, Rebel, Rebeel ...
>>
>>I see here that the organizers not thinking about all important things.
>>
>>It`s not a very high quality idea that the World Champion Kramnik play against a
>>computer program x which is not Champion.
>>
>>This is bad for Tiger, Rebel, Sorcrates ...
>>Please thinking about this and then write Tiger is also strong ...
>>
>>Tiger is strong, also other programs this is here not the theme.
>
>Well put, Frank. Several people shouting for their favourite program doesn't
>solve anything or is relevant at all for the event. Actually, it's slightly
>moronic to critisize the selection process by maintaining that one particular
>program should be added to make everything fair. It doesn't quite work like
>that.
>
>And since it's not advertized as "Champion vs. Champion" or "Kramnik vs.
>Strongest program", but as an invitational with top programs, I see little
>reason to go on and on about the fairness of the arrangement. If it had been
>advertized like that then it would be a question of A, B or maybe C :-).
>
>Regards,
>Mogens
It is not Champion vs Champion. It is clearly best prog vs Kramnik. This is how
Enrique describes it in an email he sent to me. To be honest, he says (I hope I
do not break any good taste rule by quoting this) that the choice has been made
with:
" 1) SMP
2) Strength "
in mind.
So it's clearly about strength, and in this case ignoring Chess Tiger sounds
extremely arbitrary.
I could have provided a SMP version if I had a chance to do so, but I can't do
that if I am informed that I am allowed to enter 2 or 3 days before the event.
I think it's so obvious. Am I getting paranoid, or have I just been left out of
this arbitrarily???
Christophe
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