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Subject: Re: Kramnik vs Shredder Match Should Not Be Given Up

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 02:39:20 04/25/01

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On April 25, 2001 at 03:58:15, Robert Raese wrote:

>>really 2-0 doesn't mean much.  i don't see how this is any different from the
>>matches played on ICC or FICS... you may lose 4 in a row, then turn around and
>>win 8 of the next 15 games... alot of it can be due to books, and engine
>>learning... i think its alot more volitile than human chess... anyway, when it's
>>game 19 game and junior is still up 2-0, then i'll say fritz is cooked.  fritz
>>could turn around and dominate this matchup.
>
>hmm... i just re-read what i wrote and i may have been unclear... i was thinking
>about for example the kramnik-kasparov match where almost every game was
>drawn... and what i meant was that if this series comes down to the final two
>games, and junior has the only full wins of the series, THEN i'll say fritz is
>cooked.  usually though computer matchups don't produce long strings of draws
>like that unless you're playing an engine against itself......

You're right, 2-0 doesn't mean much. I forgot that it was autoplay. Not that
author participation would have been completely different. But the chance of
exploiting the current result would have been better. Just speculation, since
that isn't the case.

Mogens.



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