Author: Mike S.
Date: 17:29:57 10/14/02
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On October 14, 2002 at 15:52:35, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >On October 14, 2002 at 13:58:04, Mike S. wrote: >>(...) >>Do you really think that Kramnik takes any notice of the Schiller website and >>what's published there? Or that he even cares for details of the qualifying >>process? > >Mike, are you an adult yourself? Because I can't understand your question. But >let me try to explain something to you. Someone plays a show match, ok? And he >gets 1 million dollars if he wins, right? And you want to make that point that >this someone, no matter who that might be, would well be concentrated on chess, >camels and his water bottle, but not on the question what the whole event should >be all about? I'm trying to understand you, that's all. I won't teach you >something you might be too young to understand for... > >(Was I god enough in my response to a clever spin doctor?) Probably yes, because after reading your answer I nearly couldn't remember what my question was (if it wouldn't be written above)... >(...) Kramnik was convinced that Fritz had earned the >right to play him in a "tournament" somehow that Fritz won fair and straight. >Which is simply not true! It's interesting that Ed Schröder and also Bertil >Eklund are both convinced that Enrique Irazoqui did a bad job in Barcelona when >he excluded (with the help of ChessBase of course) SHREDDER, REBEL, TIGER etc. >And I wrote it already months, if not years ago. That Kramnik must justify his 1 million dollar prize money, I wrote it _before_ the 5th game already. Kramnik is the wrong address for the qualification issue. It was never his business, he doesn't need to care about that. The address for doubts and critizism for that was Braingames IMO, IOW Raymond Keene. AFAIK he was the one to collect suggestions, come to a decision and to organise. Kramnik may have said that Fritz qualified in a tournament, ok, but I doubt that this is important for him. Maybe it was the interviewers question, and he just said something. I think you overestimate that. >(...) But the point >is that Fritz is simply not the opponent for Kramnik. And I write this before I >know the end result because it doesn't matter how it will end. The first 4 >games proved what I said. It's simply a joke! Before the match I expected 2...3 points for Fritz, not more (still do). I think it's ok to challenge the World Champion, even if it is unlikely to win. Did you mean another (type of) program would be a better opponent? For future events of that kind, I'd like (too) that different programs will compete. It starts with Kasparov - Junior soon, probably. Of course it will depend if there is a qualification before, preferable with more programs next time, or if the opponent is simply chosen from the first place of an existing tournament or list. (A large comp-human tournament with a comp team against an IM/GM team, scheveningen system, would be an optimal qualifying final IMO... but I'm afraid that's very expensive.) Regards, M.Scheidl
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