Author: José Carlos
Date: 02:40:51 08/24/01
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On August 24, 2001 at 05:18:11, Jeroen Noomen wrote: >On August 24, 2001 at 04:16:54, Jouni Uski wrote: > >I expected such remarks, but IMO it is wrong to state this. >There was a qualifying match for the match against Kramnik >and Fritz won it. > >Now we had the WMCCC, which has nothing to do with the match >against Kramnik. Junior won it very deservedly, but it is not >fair to state that we have 'the wrong challenger for Kramnik'. > >To me this is the same as saying: 'Kramnik is the wrong world >champ, as Kasparov won the tournaments in Wijk aan Zee and >Linares before Kramnik'. Kramnik won the match against Kasparov >and therefore he is world champ. Fritz won the match against >Junior to play Kramnik and is therefore the right challenger. > >Jeroen Neither Kramnik nor Fritz have won their 'right' under fair and _official_ conditions. If I play my brother for the world championship and my program against my older program, the situation would be very similar. The only difference is that Kasparov, Kramnik, Fritz and Junior are well known as strong players, but nothing more. I can't see the 'right' anywhere at all. On the other hand, we have FIDE and ICCA... with their official competitions... your choice. José C. >>As Amir has pointed Junior is more dangerous against humans ... >> >>Jouni
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