Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:26:28 04/21/01
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On April 21, 2001 at 12:26:21, Alois Ganter wrote: >I think we are all agreed that Kramnik vs. Machine is a purely commercial event: > >a) Kramnik gets money from Braingames because he plays. >b) Braingames gets money because they organize the event, attract sponsors and >contract Kramnik. >c) Braingames gets money from the machine guys because they get publicity. >d) The machine guys get money because they sell more machines. > >-------- > >I remember another purely commercial event: > >a) Kasparov gets money from the machine guys because he plays. >b) The machine guys get money because they sell more machines. > >I still remember how Hyatt and Moreland complained loudly that Junior or Fritz >(who where the ICCA champions at that time) should play Kasparov and not Deep >Blue. Not me. DB was the best program/machine in the world. Nobody with any real computer chess savvy would say otherwise. Particularly in 1996. The DB match with Kasparov was an exhibition, paid for by IBM, for IBM, using IBM hardware and software. They had won every computer chess event starting in 1987 with the one exception of 1995 in Hong Kong. In the present case, Shredder has won _both_ ICCA titles, and is the obvious choice...
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