Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 11:08:24 04/29/02
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On April 29, 2002 at 13:47:14, pavel wrote: >On April 29, 2002 at 12:51:10, Roy Eassa wrote: > >> >>Watching the games between Smirin & the computers has been great fun. But after >>Wednesday's make-up game, it will end. >> >>Perhaps all the publicity generated, both for the programs and for Smirin, will >>serve as motivation for far more such matches in the near future. >> >>It would be great to have such a match, using a different GM each time, say >>every month from now to eternity. We spectators would benefit. The GMs would >>get a little money and a lot of publicity. The programs would get publicity. >>Chess would benefit in general. It can lead to more players and more buyers of >>programs. (And, IMO, it would also speed up the rate at which GMs learn to play >>computers better.) >> >>Maybe the top 5 or 10 GMs don't need the extra publicity, but I'll bet many of >>the next 50 would likely welcome it. >> >>Monthly matches forever! > > >I think frequent match of this type will decrease the general hype, interest, >and importance of this kind of match. Once in a while doesnt hurt IMO. > >pavs :) I just don't want it to end, I guess!
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