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Subject: Some points about Krammnik-Fritz Match

Author: Manuel Rodriguez Blanco

Date: 18:42:20 08/13/01


Hi, i had read a lot messages about K-F match and had see some wrong statement.
i want from my humble point of viw give some clarify.

1) Krammnik HAVE access to fritz 7 in a 8 1GH procesors machine. Do you know
how??  Of course, you can only put fritz 7 in 1 procesors machine and simpli
give more time to fritz 7 until its hit the sames nps it hit in 8-BOX, you can
ask how much time?  there are siples express that can level 2 computers with
diferent procesors power.  its not?

2) Chessbase have a win-win situacion, Chessbase will win if fritz win 1 game,
CB will win if fritz draw 1 game, CB will win if fritz loose all the games.

3) Deep Fritz 7 is a very strong program, i am sure it can give a good fight to
krammnik, inclusive have chances to draw or win the match  BUT a level match
where krammnik dont know its oponnent.  I am a 2050-2150 player in ICC and i can
beat fritz in a Atlon ThunderBird 1.333 GH with 128MBRAM, but only after a
studiying its openging and playing a lot of practices games, but you get the
picture, i can prepare against Fritz (2600+) and get a result of 2400+ player
when i only have 2150. i can not imagine what krammnik will do to the poor
dissected Fritz (Note that the advantage of having the version of fritz 2 month
before hands is siple TOO BIG, VASTLY BIG.

4) The guys at ChessBase know all this, but they want the match at all cost
becasue they have a great win inclusive if Fritz loose because, Fritz loose, yes
but loose against the WORLD CHAMPION, the best chess player of the planet!!!,
good for fritz no?

5) The guys a Chessbase says that fritz have chances and they are intelligent
persons.
   Of course they are intellinget, but put in his shoes for a moment: you know
the fritz dont have chances then you will go out and say fritz will not win and
boycott a match of US$3,000,000 dolares??, of course not, they are intelligent


5) Real Chances of Fritz win:  Fritz win the match: 1%, fritz will get 1 or 2
draws with white pieces, maybe win 1 game because a mistake of confident
krammnik in state where he have a comfortable advangate in the match.  Other
possibility is a malaise of conscienceis from krammnik because he dont want
people see how easy he pick up a litle less than US$3,000,000 dolares, then
maybe he give some points to his computer opponent.


Note i am always the side of computer chess programs, but this time i most
succumb to the reality that ChessBase TRANSFORM a beutiful match, a real match
between K-F IN PUBLICITY JOKE (When chessbase agree to give the same version of
fritz to K.)

There are others point of this match i like talk about, but this are the most
important,



MRB.








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