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Subject: Re: How many games did Kasparov win Vs Kramnik in match play?

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 15:23:22 10/08/02

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On October 08, 2002 at 18:20:27, Mark Young wrote:

>On October 08, 2002 at 18:02:42, Roy Eassa wrote:
>
>>Many people posting on ICC said that they will now avoid buying Fritz because of
>>the results so far.  I think that's wrong.  Fritz is not the issue.  Kramnik's
>>strength and understanding of how to play a computer (any computer) is the
>>issue.
>>
>>If you want to buy any chess program, Fritz is a good one (as are Tiger,
>>ChessMaster, Junior, Shredder, Hiarcs, Rebel, and others)!  If instead you want
>>to "punish" something because the computer has fallen behind in this match,
>>don't take it all out on the program that happens to be involved -- others would
>>surely suffer similar results.
>>
>>Kramnik's winning technique thus far is not Fritz-unique, IMHO.
>
>Fritz is playing well for the most part. The program has some flaws that can be
>corrected with the next update, but the results are what most here expected with
>this type of match conditions.
>
>GM Kramnik is a great player and world champion, people must rember this. He
>shut out GM Kasparov, and will most likely shut out Deep Fritz.


Agreed.  I really hope people don't "punish" Fritz or ChessBase for these
results.  ChessBase deserves a lot of credit for agreeing to this match.



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