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Subject: Re: Pre match conditions not fair

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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