Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 12:32:40 04/21/01
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On April 20, 2001 at 15:10:29, Amir Ban wrote: > >Well, shame on you for a dreadful title. > >To the point: Shredder is as far as I am concerned still comp world champion, >whether or not he plays the qualifiers, and if he plays, whether or not he wins. >That being said, and at the risk of appearing dense, what does it have to do >with it ? > >It's not even clear why he's not playing. The news that his objections are being >addressed were ignored, if not by him then certainly by this forum. > >This newsgroup is crazy. > >Amir The problem with this Kramnik vs computer match is the way the program is being selected, and what will naturally be said about the program that is selected, and to whom this will be said. I got some unsolicited spam this morning, from quote.com. I have no idea why I got it, but it contained a Reuters article about the tournament. To quote: "Twenty-four year-old Kramnik, a former pupil of Kasparov who beat his old teacher in November last year, will face the best of a number of computers currently playing against each other in Spain." What is happening here is that we have a little world championship tournament going on in Spain. The winner will be crowned best computer in the world, and this will be expressed to everyone in various wire service stories. The public will perceive that this is the best computer in the world. I don't think that anyone should allow themselves to be called best computer in the world. We assigned that title in Paderborn 1999. You were there, I was there, and neither of us got that title. It's Stefan's title, and he should be allowed to enjoy it until the next WCCC. This Brain Games pseudo-title will be worth a lot of money, but it's not the kind of money that should be touched. Brain Games should either pick a program or pick Shredder. They should not hold a qualifier in order to force Shredder to prove itself against other programs. That has already been done. Bertil's claim in an earlier post that the result of the WCCC was "luck" makes it very clear what is happening here. The result of the WCCC is not being accepted, and there is an attempt being made here to undo it. bruce
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