Author: Albert Silver
Date: 21:17:37 09/24/01
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On September 24, 2001 at 13:35:34, Antonio Dieguez wrote:
>On September 24, 2001 at 11:52:04, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>On September 24, 2001 at 05:48:59, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>>
>>>Wow, I nearly fell of my chair yesterday!
>>>He talked about Kramink's world title, and mentioned several
>>>times that Kramink should prove the legitimacy of his title,
>>>and that he is really the best player, either by playing
>>>(and winning!) tournaments or by playing Kasparov again.
>>
>><snip>
>>
>>>Based on this, he stated that computer should not be considered
>>>superior to humans until the humans cannot win a _single_ game
>>>out of a match of 6, 8 or even 12 games.
>>
>>I wonder if he thinks that the definition of 'superiority' shifts when applied
>>to hummans as opposed to computers.
>
>
>of course. That's why he mentions computers stability or something.
I guess that explains Kramnik's inferiority.
Albert
>
>
>>Otherwise he'll have trouble explaining why
>>Kramnik, who did not lose a single game over 16(!) games to him, is somehow
>>_not_ superior, and needs to prove it.
>>
>>It's a baloney statement, since I know of no WC who won ALL the tournaments they
>>partook in. In the 50s and 60s, despite the fact that Botvinnik was the WC, he
>>did not win every event. The same goes for other past World Champion
>>titleholders. Not even legendarily consistent players such as Capablanca (WC:
>>1921-1927) succeeded in this. Capablanca for example, was only second in NY
>>1924, and 3rd in Moscow 1925, and the list goes on. The only player who is in a
>>position that requires constant and consistent results is Kasparov himself, in
>>order to back his claim to the no. 1 spot despite the loss of the WC title.
>>Still, I'll give him this: his tournament win percentage (Karpov probably still
>>wins in sheer numbers) is probably the highest in history.
>>
>> Albert
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>--
>>>GCP
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