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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