Author: John Wentworth2
Date: 14:58:02 10/09/02
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On October 09, 2002 at 12:45:42, Rex wrote: Looking at past games is totally different than actually playing against your opponent and not being able to change your strategy. >Not fair! What about Fritz programmers reviewing Kramniks games and prepairing >DF for a match against him! Look...Unless Kramnik knows what opening DF is >playing then its not a problem. I dont have a problem with it just as Kramnik >should not have a problem with the programmers making major changes with the >program. I didnt have an issue with what IBM did either. Hey chess is chess. >White always goes first and you play within the rules. Follow those guide lines >and there should be no issue. Step up to the plate and play chess. Stop the >crying... > > >On October 09, 2002 at 12:32:34, Geo Disher wrote: > >>I for one believe that the pendulum has swung to far the other way when it comes >>to the match preparation. I don’t understand why people think its fair for a >>person to get the exact program that they will be playing before the match and >>keep programmers from making changes during the match. >> >>I think it would be fairer to both sides if the program had to play a hundred >>standard games against GMs before the match so that Kramnik could use those >>games to since how the program played. I don’t think programs change that much >>more than good chess players do in a given amount of time. Just pay the GMs >>$100 win/$25 loss/game and let them play on ICC to give the world champion some >>games to look at. >> >>Also why not let the programmers change the code during the match. People >>change tactics during a match (ie they may decide to play a closed game vs open >>if they find their opponent is week in those types of positions) so why not let >>the programmers change the program. They are not going to do a lot of changes >>because they could easily break something. >> >>Now all that being said I still think Kramnik would win this match against Fritz >>convincingly. I just want more fairness for future matches. Side note: It sure >>would have been nice to see Kramnik or Kasparov play Deep Blue under the >>abovementioned conditions.
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