Author: Omid David
Date: 06:58:49 09/03/02
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On September 03, 2002 at 08:59:31, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote: >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. In marketing, they (Fritz, Junior, Shredder, etc) have srill a lot more to learn from Chessmaster! > >Odd Gunnar
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