Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 18:47:33 06/21/98
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On June 21, 1998 at 16:07:08, Moritz Berger wrote: >On June 21, 1998 at 16:01:25, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On June 21, 1998 at 15:54:47, Moritz Berger wrote: >> >>>On June 21, 1998 at 14:58:37, Bert Seifriz wrote: >>> >>>>On June 21, 1998 at 14:29:44, Bert Seifriz wrote: >>>> >>>>>On June 20, 1998 at 15:48:02, Moritz Berger wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Apparently (there's no result on the official web site yet) Fritz lost the 1st >>>>>>game with white against Anand. The 2nd game was drawn. Time control was game/25. >>>>>> >>>>>>Anand was completely in charge of the board all the time, Fritz had no change >>>>>>whatsoever. The draw in the 2nd game has to be considered a good result for >>>>>>Fritz. >>>>>> >>>>>>For more details see >>>>>>http://194.109.72.230/chessclassic/ >>>>>> >>>>>>Moritz >>>>> >>>>>But the official page you mention here (situated in Holland) had >>>>>already stated before the match >>>>>that Fritz 5 was the reigning world champion. On the same >>>>>page was the official logo of Chessbase. >>>>>Bert/gambitsoft.com >>> >>>What's wrong with that? Fritz is the current world champion by the Hongkong >>>match from 1995 where it finished ahead of Deep Thought II. It is not the >>>current ICCA world micro champion (commercial or amateur), but that's another >>>title. It's like boxing or wrestling, there's several titles to be had. Fritz >>>happens to be the heavy weight champion. >> >> >>what's wrong with that is that it is *not true*. Last time I looked, the >>world champion title was split between Kasparov and Karpov, depending on >>whether you want the FIDE title or the PCA title. Fritz is the reigning >>"World Computer Chess Champion". That's different from "world chess champion" >>by a huge margin. > >... sloppy language on my part. Here's the exact quote from >http://194.109.72.230/chessclassic/ > > >Fritz, a product of the Hamburg software company ChessBase, is the reigning >World Champion in computer chess, will take on Vishy Anand in a rapid chess >match running on a Siemens Nixdorf Primergy 460-Server (June 20, 8 p.m.). > > >It says *World Champion in computer chess*. > >Moritz that sounds fine... I thought one of the two of you above quoted "fritz the reigning world champion" which would obviously be wrong.... Bob
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