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Subject: Re: Kramnik allow Fritz to win: Marketing justification

Author: Thorsten Czub

Date: 17:28:35 10/16/02

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On October 16, 2002 at 18:20:46, Russell Reagan wrote:

>No, I don't. I am fully aware that SSDF ratings are not the same as FIDE ratings
>or any other rating pool. I'm also fully aware that the best engine against
>computers is not necessarilly the best engine against humans. That has little to
>do with this discussion though. The point is you obviously don't know how Fritz
>got to be playing Kramnik.

i know. you can read it. eric schiller has published the correspondance.


>I'm sorry that you don't remember it. That doesn't change the fact that it
>happened.

which championship other than hong kong ?

>It seems you are the only one with the wrong conclusion here.

i have not made any wrong conclusion. you want to present me fritz
as a winner. but fritz was always a loser when it came to championships.

it was better in the ssdf-list.
and other programs have been better against humans.
and getting the championship title. the reason
fritz was weaker in getting the championship titles was, that fritz
is a stupid program.

a stupid program cannot get the initiative if the opponent is not giving
it away.
this has been the same in the event against kramnik so far.


>Maybe if you knew
>how Fritz got here and didn't just assume it was because it was on the top of
>the SSDF rating list you wouldn't be so confused.

i am not confused.

you fall in the trap of believing a marketing campaign.
the campaign should make you forget about facts.
the facts are: concerning computer chess championships the statistics
show that fritz is a loser.

other programs have been more succesful getting the title.

>That isn't all, as previously explained.

no . you did not explained anything. you came with wrong facts.


>IMO you are clueless about this.

:-))

i have played more with fritz than many others did :-))
its one of my famoust opponent.
the next program i have seen very often is genius.

>It doesn't take a genius to figure that out.

but it seems that this is too much for you :-))


>>any expert in the computerchess community knows this.
>>what about your knowledge about this ?
>
>What about my knowledge of what?

i would look up the sentence you deleted :-))

>Maybe you don't agree with the decision of the organizers to only invite Fritz,
>Junior, and Shredder, but that doesn't mean Kramnik has some deal with the Fritz
>team and he's intentionally losing games.

we will find out about this later.


>Everyone acts like this is a giant
>marketing conspiracy that has been in the works for years between Kramnik and
>the Fritz team, even though it could just as easily be Junior or Shredder
>playing Kramnik instead of Fritz.

right. but the major difference is that fritz is weaker in playing humans
than junior or shredder is.



>Here are a few sites I found that talk about how Fritz got to play Kramnik. I'm
>sure you're capable of doing a web search and further researching the topic if
>you'd like to inform yourself before lashing out again about something you
>weren't informed about.

i am pretty much informed about this. i read the correspondance between the
arbiter and his friends.

>Personally I don't think that only selecting Fritz, Junior, and Shredder as
>participants was a fair way to determine the best challenger for Kramnik.
>However, it's their party, so they can run it however they'd like. Is it fair?
>No. But people act like their rights were violated or something because someone
>didn't invite them to their party.


I don't care who complains or not.
All i say is: fritz is too weak. it was wrong to choose such a stupid
program , even for a PR-gag. those gags are as old as computerchess is.
it began with Anatoly Karpov and the MK1, and followed by dozens of
show-fights.

they all have the intention to make the people believe that the RESULT, the
outcome of the match is NOT known in forward.




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