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Subject: Re: What Fritz Must Do To Live With Kramnik

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 16:06:47 05/02/01

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On May 02, 2001 at 18:10:30, Ingo Bauer wrote:

>On May 02, 2001 at 17:19:19, John Dahlem wrote:
>
>>On May 02, 2001 at 16:48:09, Ingo Bauer wrote:
>>
>>>On May 02, 2001 at 16:02:13, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>
>>>>On May 02, 2001 at 08:16:34, Ingo Bauer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Hello Graham
>>>>>
>>>>>On May 02, 2001 at 07:50:21, Graham Laight wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>* send a copy of the commercial version of Deep Fritz to Kramnik. Why not? He
>>>>>>can very easily obtain a copy anyway - so sending it will do no harm. Meanwhile,
>>>>>>you can work on the REAL program that's ACTUALLY going to play him!
>>>>>
>>>>>>you must win fairly - you can't risk your reputation
>>>>>
>>>>>Do you think that these two points fit together?
>>>>>
>>>>>Regards
>>>>>Ingo
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I suppose it depends on your definition of "fair".
>>>>
>>>>:)
>>>>
>>>>Sounds good to me of course...
>>>
>>>Hi
>>>
>>>I don't want to discuss how the Kramnik vs. Computer Match was aranged. I do not
>>>like it at all. But they have a contract with a certain meaning. If i see the
>>>meaning (spirit, sorry my english) i think that giving not the final engine IS
>>>unfair.
>>>
>>>Ingo
>>
>>I very very much disagree. Getting the final engine is unfair.  You are giving
>>the best player in the world 3 months to play as much as he wants against
>>EXACTLY what he will be going up against.  That is incredibly unfair.  Kramnik I
>>think will crush it under such conditions unless the Fritz team does something
>>sneaky.
>>
>>John
>
>Yes i totaly agree with you!!! But that was not my point.
>Both sides signed a conract in witch they agreed to certain terms. One of this
>is that Kramnik gets the final Engine tree month in advance. Giving him a false
>Engine is breaking a contract. Very abstract thinking, but logic. So, it is
>unfair to give the false Engine because of that contract.
>
>In fact i had not signed that contract but Chessbase, Franz Morsch or Amir Ban
>saw the oportunities they may have of it. Thats all.

I remember that the contract was changed and updates are going to be allowed but
only if kramnik also gets them.

I also think that there are contracts when not breaking the contract is unfair.
If I sign a contract that I have to do a crime then not breaking the contract is
unfair.

Uri
>
>Ingo



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