Author: Odd Gunnar Malin
Date: 05:59:31 09/03/02
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On September 03, 2002 at 08:07:30, Omid David wrote: >On September 03, 2002 at 05:42:31, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote: > >>On September 03, 2002 at 05:16:08, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On September 03, 2002 at 04:56:16, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>What do we have: >>>> >>>>Match 1 >>>>Winner Braingame match - Winner CC qualify-match >>>> >>>>Match 2 >>>>Loser Braingame match - Loser CC qualify-match >>>> >>>>Match 2 runs before match 1 as normal when competing for 3-4 places >>>> >>>> >>>>If match 2 attract more attention there is only one factor: Kasparov >>>>All other things are too techncal. >>> >>>No >>> >>>Match 2 is between the human player with the highest rating(better than kramnik) >>>against the program that won the last computer championship when Fritz was one >>>of the participants. >>> >>>You can look at match 1 as the match of the losers. >>> >>>Uri >> >>:) >> >>I repeat: >>If match 2 attract more attention there is only one factor: Kasparov > >I can't argue with the fact that Kasparov is the main reason of interest for the >K-DJ match. But besides that, there are plenty of other reasons (as Uri >mentioned) for justifying why K-DJ is and has to be more important. In addition, >the Jerusalem match is sponsored and endorsed by FIDE and ICCA, the highest >chess and computer chess organizations; in the contrary, K-DF's match is a >"losers" match in a forgotten place, sponsored by oil-millionaires... > And where do FIDE get their money from :) I don't think many outside the CC community know what ICCA are (a club with 4-500 members). Thats what mean anything is that Kasparov have been in the news for more than 15 years. I have nothing against Kasparov, on the contrary I think he have made much more to make chess known than anybody else the latest ten years. Imagine a match between Hussain and Bush. Not that they are popular outside their own country but the have been in the news. I don't think people would look one time on their rating but the match would most certainly attract more attention. I'm really don't see any good argument either from you or Uri against my first note in this thread. Do you mean that rating numbers, who is the sponsore, Junior won the latest tournament etc. is a factor that would attract more people? Here is a factor that I think mean just as much as rating etc.: Association with the engines name. Fritz - German precision Junior - Brasillian brilliance Another question is what are the meaning of more attention (attractive) More viewers on the WEB or more mentioning in the press. I'm almost sure the first goes to the Kramnik-Fritz match if Braingame follow up their superb web-broadcast from the K-K match. In the news-paper Kasparov's name would be easiest to sell. It is a little pity that none of these programes take advantage that they are in the news. Eg. start distribute the programs through normal game-shops so that the grandparent who want to buy a present for his grandchild could find it when he still remember the name from the paper. Odd Gunnar
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