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Subject: Re: DF to have unfair advantage against Kramnik?

Author: Robert Henry Durrett

Date: 17:02:36 06/02/02

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On June 02, 2002 at 17:49:29, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>On June 02, 2002 at 17:34:10, Robert Henry Durrett wrote:

<snip>

>>So, that leaves the issue of appropriateness and wisdom of letting DF use a
>>Megabase database during the game.
>>
>>After all, this is not supposed to be an “Advanced Chess” match.  Is it?
>>
>>Bob D.
>
>Of course it is, but only for the machine's side! ;-)

Well, debate of morality would, I suspect, be utterly fruitless.  So, we don't
need to get off on that wild tangent.  However, since we are all human, I guess
we all should want Kramnik to have a "fighting chance."  Otherwise humans might
get "a bad name" out of this match.  [Imagine:  "The Demise of Humanity," a best
seller written by Deeeep Fritz Jr., sometime in the distant future.]

>
>That's why I wanted to inspire a change in traditional computerchess.

Well, it would take more than an "Act of the United Nations General Assembly" to
do that!  Maybe if you could get all of the top 100 GMs to sign a "declaration"
to that effect, maybe something might happen.  But probably not.
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE:  What do we want our chess computers to do for us?
Really?  If we can get what we want, then all other issues may be irrelevant.

Bob D.
>
>Rolf Tueschen



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