Author: Mike S.
Date: 14:50:50 10/08/02
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On October 08, 2002 at 17:28:39, Chessfun wrote: >Come now, the Galaxy maybe....but the Universe. Only of this planet :o) because you can't expect that an identical game is played anwhere else. But for the expert's expectations: In the opinion poll here, where only 106 voters participated (poll #61) http://www.talkchess.com/ccc/poll/previous.html most votes were for 5.0-3.0 (29) and 5.5-2.5 (27) in favour of Kramnik. I forgot what I voted for, probably 5.5-2.5 because I thought 3 draws and 1 win for Fritz would not be not too unlikely. But currently I doubt that Fritz can make 2.5 points. We'll see. More important than the number of points will be IMO, if it can score at least one *win*. If *this* cannot be achieved, it would be a major setback for computerchess or even for A.I. - Because we know, in a wider public of non-insiders, everything is simplified down to a nearly idiotic level... and they will say, superiority of machines in chess was just an illusion etc. etc. (just like the sceptics always said before Deep Blue won). (I didn't realise before the match started, how risky it probably was to challenge Kramnik in that respect... also, being in the news worldwinde with draw-loss-loss-draw-loss etc. isn't the best advertisement neither. So ChessBase took a big risk in a commercial sense, too.) But it's not over yet. I tend to be too pessimistic sometimes. Regards, Mike Scheidl
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