Author: Omid David
Date: 07:52:50 08/11/02
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On August 11, 2002 at 09:52:42, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >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? FIDE is the only financial sponsor. Our university (Bar-Ilan) intends to host the 2004 WCCC. But isn't involved in the Kasparov-DJ match. > >>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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