Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 06:52:42 08/11/02
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On August 10, 2002 at 05:19:44, Omid David wrote: Then who is paying for this. It says university + FIDE on the homepage i read? >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! > >The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is not part of the event in any way. The >Haifa University which is involved, also doesn't support the event financially. > >> >>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. >> >>>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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