Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 10:23:16 03/31/02
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On March 31, 2002 at 11:52:26, Vincent Lejeune wrote: >Great new for computer-chess clubers > >Like Boris Gulko some days ago, Ilya Smirin fight against Junior, Fritz, >Shredder and Hiarcs. >A little disapointement : the hardware is not upgraded :( > >http://www.kasparov.com/serve/templates/folders/show.asp?p_docID=20741&p_docLang=EN Great news! Also good is this: "Human opponent Prize Money: $1500 per win, $500 per draw, no money per loss ($2500 Guaranteed minimum prize)" I don't recall whether a similar compensation schedule existed for the Gulko test. As I stated before, I think the reward for a win should be several times higher than the reward for a draw, because the difficulty is also several times higher. (The fact that a draw is traditionally scored as 1/2 of a win does not mean that it is exactly 1/2 as difficult, especially for a human against a strong computer.) In this case, 3x is used. That's OK, but I think at least 5x might be better. Also, the ratio of the payoff for a win versus the guaranteed payoff just for showing up ($2500 in this case) should be higher IMHO. But I think this will be a much more interesting test than the last one, due to several factors: 1) Higher-rated GM 2) Younger GM (by over 20 years, apparently) 3) GM has prior match's results as a benchmark to beat and also a lesson to study I think it's a natural matter of pride for the younger, stronger GM to outscore his older colleague versus the computers. So I see this match as being closer than the last one. My personal guess: Smirin scores 4 points (between 3.5 and 5 points).
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