Author: Will Singleton
Date: 21:56:17 10/15/02
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On October 15, 2002 at 19:02:14, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >On October 15, 2002 at 18:45:35, Will Singleton wrote: > >>http://www.msnbc.com/news/820304.asp >> >>With the prize money structured like it is, I would guess that this isn't a >>serious match. Disappointing, this PR stuff. But it fits nicely with how Fritz >>was selected. And, if not a complete setup, at the very least Kramnik is just >>making it interesting. >> >>Still, the first four games were fun to watch, and the next two hold promise. >>The setup wouldn't require Kramnik to lose, so I'd guess he will play hard in >>game 7. >> >>Will > >Thanks for the openmindedness. I know it's crazy to thank someone for expressing >his opinions but it seems as if you were the first programmer who had the guts >to open his mouth. > >I think it's a bad thing that Eric Schiller must have done what he did to let >people think about the bad side of such show events. > >Just take a look at what Kramnik said at the press conference today. No he isn't >depressed since it was such a wonderful game. Fine, but he simply missed the >point. He should prove that GM are able to go beyond the horizon of such >machines. He did that in all first four games. But now this is becoming >ridiculous. The impossible blunder present. Now the playable sac with no win >continuation. Kramnik is no longer taking this for serious! On Monday he told us >a story about his blunder that is simply untrue because impossible, today he is >dreaming of the potentially best game of his career, perhaps tomorrow he will >tell us that he played the whole game 7 with combinations he learned from >checkers... > >I have the idea that he feels disgusted by people who insinuated that he had >prepared moves like Bf8 over months! As if that would be necessary against >Fritz.You know, Bobby Fischer felt disgusted too because of a population that >simply had no understanding for his art. > >What remains - making jokes,taking the money and run as fast as you can. > >Rolf Tueschen I agree entirely. It's also a bit bothersome that Kramnik's concern for verisimilitude seems lacking, not to mention the fact that few people are questioning the proceedings. I will say, though, that the commentator on chess.fm expressed his muted scepticism. Will
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