Author: Uri Blass
Date: 09:20:44 10/06/02
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On October 06, 2002 at 12:01:59, Brian Thomas wrote: >I understand your points, and I don't at all consider Larry a weak player -- I >admire him. > >However, I'm a little puzzles as to why he hadn't played CM9000; nowhere was it >stated (for the public, at least) that he couldn't play it before hand. He >himself (as far as I know, at least) said he hadn't played CM since 6000. > >A lot of people are boo-hooing the Kramnik match because Kramnik received a copy >of Deep Fritz before the match, whereas in the Kasparov v Deep Blue match, >Kasparov obviously couldn't play Deep Blue ahead of time, nor could he study >Deep Blue games. > >The point that I'm getting at is preparedness is key; people are critical of >Deep Blue because this was taken away from Kasparov. People are critical of >Kramnic because it is perhaps too much. But in the CM vs GM match, it seems a >mystery that Larry didn't take advantage of preparing himself thoroughly, which >seems to be a big mistake. > >Brian I doubt if it was a big mistake. How much money did he lose from not winning chessmaster in that match? Uri
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