Author: Slater Wold
Date: 21:27:58 03/19/02
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On March 19, 2002 at 22:41:04, Dann Corbit wrote: >On March 19, 2002 at 21:29:33, Slater Wold wrote: >>On March 19, 2002 at 20:56:18, John Merlino wrote: >>>On March 19, 2002 at 19:56:39, enrico carrisco wrote: >>>>During GM Gulko's post-game analysis of his match with HIARCS 8, a watcher asked >>>>Gulko to rate the strength of HIARCS 8 on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being >>>>Kasparov strength. Gulko gave the rating of 6. >>>> >>>>An odd comparison to say the least, but if anyone can contrast "strength" with >>>>Kasparov, it would be Gulko. ;) >>>> >>>>-elc. >>> >>>ALMOST makes me think that Boris might be "blowing off" the match, being more >>>than content with draws, not concerned about losses (since they do not affect >>>his rating), and not willing to fight for wins. >>> >>>Then again, that's just my gut feeling and I could be wrong.... >>> >>>jm >> >>I feel that way about 99% of human vs computer games. >> >>Unless there is a large sum of money on the table. Then there is incentive. > >Not sure that I agree. I mean, these matches are very highly public and gather >a lot of interest. I suspect that ego is nearly as strong an inducement as >money. I disagree. Gulko is an older man, and has nothing to prove. He is not taking this match as serious as he would say, an exhibition match with Kasparov or Kramnik, where a LOT more "pride" is on the line. >For instance, pretend that you are in the match, and one hundred >thousand people will be watching. You will try just as hard for $100 as for >$10,000 I think. The only difference will be in how much energy you spend >preparing. My guess is no where near 100,000 people will be watching this match. *MAYBE* 10,000. And if he loses, he will simply blow it off to, "..it's a computer, I am human.." just like Kasparov did when he lost 5 years ago. >My guess is: >The super GM's (Gulko for instance) are trying really, really hard to win. My guess is, he gets paid one way or another. 99% of the people in this world would not work as hard as they do, if they were guaranteed their money, regardless of their performance.
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