Author: Ron Langeveld
Date: 08:34:21 07/23/01
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On July 22, 2001 at 09:48:19, Mark Young wrote: >On July 22, 2001 at 09:37:25, Mogens Larsen wrote: > >>On July 22, 2001 at 08:57:56, Drazen Marovic wrote: >> >>>Not Fritz 7!, Not Deep Fritz!, but Deep Fritz Grandmaster 1.0!! This should be >>>the name of the next version of Fritz. Just to take a slap at all of the non >>>believers in fritz's grandmaster strength. Mogens you said you didn't believe >>>in psychics, but you would believe in amazing luck time and time again, isn't it >>>amazing how yet again a non GM strength program could hold a 2600+ GM to an even >>>score- just luck i'm sure..... >> >>I don't believe in amazing luck. I believe in incentive and preparation derived >>from the challenge of competition. Since human players don't consider computer >>programs as competition, but as an occasional tournament curiosity and perhaps >>as an analysis tool, there are only minor incentives. >> >>This match was supposed to be a competition, but it wasn't. A preseason friendly >>you might say. So all in all the usual reasons are still valid and this match >>doesn't sway anything IMO. Of course you can disagree all you like, consult >>psychics and read tea leaves. It won't help. >> >>Mogens. Way to go Mark! Mogens actually has a good point here and you can't even come up with a counterargumentation. I can only feel sorry for people who will defend their new toy at all costs. If I would want to justify spending my monthly allowance on any toy, it wouldn' be in any newsgroup.
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