Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:17:50 08/09/02
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On August 09, 2002 at 20:53:28, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On August 09, 2002 at 16:37:39, Roy Eassa wrote: > >Exactly that's always the problem human-computer and always will be, >because the engine programmers must do usually insane effort to >organize it. Look we talk about university in israel sponsoring it now >together with FIDE. That means probably that fide ships an arbiter after >endless talks from David Levy (good job btw!). In short we can imagine >that the junior team themselves must have done unimaginable efforts to >convince university jeruzalem, for which we congratulate them! > >Kasparov never worked against computers and never needed to either. the >only game he probably regrets playing another random line against the >computer was game 6 in 1997. Our only hope is that >he hates being #2 of the world now behind kramnik and that he wants >to show by playing a few good games from *his* side against junior >that he can beat anything on this planet except Kramnik :) > >So unless Kasparov is that mule who needs according to a dutch saying >to hit its head 3 times before understanding it's not smart to hit >with your head, he sure will do effort here to not lose the match! > >I feel kasparov WILL do his best this time. In fact we will see it already >within 2 games. If kasparov plays his favourite openings lines the first >2 games we sure know he'll do effort to win. > >If he plays something like 1.d4 and then 2.nf3 or 2.c3 or some other >random opening like 1.g3 or 1.d3 or 1.b3 and some f4 stuff where kasparov >has proven to know less from than the average FM, then we know he's >not giving everything but of course we first watch the result before >doing a final conclusion :) > >For me after 1.e4 kasparov has INVENTED najdorf as being a successful opening >and unless we see do not see him play that nor scheveningen where >kasparov knows a lot from too, we can be sure that he'll do a lot of >effort to win. > >Anyway $100k for such a big match (from potential PR viewpoint), you can >earn more by betting on yourself for a bit more than $100k. I'm NOT >accusing kasparov from doing that in 1997 btw. I would not officially dare :) > >In 1997 the diff was also like $100k or so. It was much more. I don't remember the specifics, but the difference between winning and losing was on the order of 300K=400K US dollars. > >>They are offering to give Kasparov $700,000 to show up and lose. He's only >>human and that's an awful big temptation. Why would he work a thousand times as >>hard for an extra 14%? >> >>Just show up, play casually and without concentrating very hard, and you're >>$700,000 richer. >> >>I've never heard of a match in any sport in which somebody gets only 14% more >>money for winning versus losing. >> >>Why not cut the loser's share dramatically and make it interesting?
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