Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 02:28:22 07/16/02
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On July 16, 2002 at 04:55:43, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >Such hip-hop makes no sense. You were talking about a "bruised ego". Are you a >psychiatrist? If not, then you might understand what I was talking about. Do you >challenge me and think that there is _no_ evidence for what I've written? If >yes, then let me give you three hints. > >1) Unzicker a famous German GM, BTW more famous than all the ex-Soviet GM in the >USA together, spoke it out, what I wrote above. That doesn't make it true. >2) GM at the Dutch Championship denied to play FRITZ with different variations >of boycott. That didn't have anything to do with Deep Blue. IIRC it was about the decision process, ie. involving the players in discussions about allowing Fritz to participate in the first place, and the "sanctity" of national championships. >3) The resolution of FIDE about machines in top event and also team >championships. That's not related to Deep Blue either. Since playing chess isn't a lucrative business except for the very best, I suspect that more than a few grandmasters found that being replaced by programs wasn't going to improve that. If the decision came after the Dutch championships, which I can't remember, then that's another factor, ie. not punishing the GMs ratingwise that refuse to play computer programs. At the time it looked as if the frequency of program participation was going to increase, so it seems logical to make rules. There wasn't any rules there in the first place AFAIK. They became conservative due to the reasons above I imagine. >Mathematically we still have no 100% but we have _more_ than "absolutely" >nothing. ;) It's important to keep barely related matters separated. One thing is believing or disbelieving the accomplishments of Deep Blue and the impact it had. Another is making it responsible for all subsequent decisions involving computer programs. You'll need a bit more than this to make your claim credible. But barely anything is better than absolutely nothing :-). Regards, Mogens
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