Author: Bertil Eklund
Date: 17:28:58 04/21/01
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On April 21, 2001 at 15:06:24, Christophe Theron wrote: >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 understand that it is hard enough for you to participiate in such a short time but he didn't said the above. Bertil >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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