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Subject: Re: Time to start thinking about a rematch

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 14:46:20 10/08/02

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On October 08, 2002 at 13:33:40, Knut Bjørnar Wålberg wrote:

>On October 08, 2002 at 13:24:51, Ed Panek wrote:
>
>> Well if Kramink stomps Fritz as he will, what does the future hold for rematch
>>possibilities? Hopefully it wont include fritz and 1 year of practice.
>>
>>
>>
>>Ed
>
>Well, I think the agreement went a tad too far in the advantage of Kramnik. Yes
>he should have access to the program and games played, but not all the way to
>the final version. After all, if it had been a human championship, no one would
>be able to "borrow" the opposing GM for months and ask what he would play in
>every single situation! If the supply of newest versions had been cut at, say, 3
>months before the match, it would have been much fairer.
>


Don't forget:

1) DF's opening book is a complete stranger to Kramnik.  He did not get that in
advance.

2) The version of Fritz that he is playing has only been out a few weeks.

3) I don't think Kramnik had access to a PC anywhere near as fast as the one he
is facing.



>I also agree with everyone who has said that tactical "king of computers"
>ability is not best the way to go. Maybe the qualification should be in the form
>of scoring most in a series of matches versus GMs, not other computers.
>
>Knut Bjørnar Wålberg



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