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Subject: Re: Some points about Krammnik-Fritz Match

Author: Mark Young

Date: 06:35:11 08/14/01

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On August 14, 2001 at 04:47:43, Uri Blass wrote:

>On August 13, 2001 at 23:55:33, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On August 13, 2001 at 21:42:20, Manuel Rodriguez Blanco wrote:
>>
>>>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?
>>
>>
>>This is correct.  Probably giving a single-cpu version 5X longer to think would
>>be a very good approximation of the 8-way box.
>
>I doubt if it is true
>It  is possible that the program says use evaluation A
>if you have one processor and use evaluation B
>if you have 8 processors.
>
>I hope that kramnik will be surprised in the match and that he is not
>going to get the exact weaknesses that he expects from Fritz.
>
>What is he going to do in this case.
>Is he going to complain about cheating?

If GM Kramnik loses to Fritz 7 I doubt he will pull a Garry and claim some kind
of cheating. After all he is on record as saying Fritz 7 is very close to the
strength of Deep Blue. GM Kramnik would be foolish to make such a claim without
proof, and GM Kramnik is no fool.

>
>I think that the public is not going to buy the excuse
>that the program did not play the moves that kramnik expected.
>
>Uri



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