Author: stuart taylor
Date: 14:08:22 10/19/02
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On October 19, 2002 at 12:44:23, Uri Blass wrote: >On October 19, 2002 at 11:57:51, Marc Plum wrote: > >>On October 19, 2002 at 11:51:41, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>I think that it is better to organize sweningen tournament between computers and >>>motivated 2700 GM's. >>> >>>People can suspect that Kramnik did not win the match on purpose. >>> >>>Uri >> >>People can (and do) suspect just about anything. Are you saying that you >>personally suspect this? I don't. >> >>Marc > >I do but if I see this kind of result against a lot of prepared 2700 I am not >going to suspect. > >The tournament of Junior in durtmond is not a good example because the players >did not got a special prize for beating the machine and tournament like smirin >against machines or gulko against machines except 120/40 and better hardware is >better. > >It may be possible that one person cheated and got money for not winning >but I do not believe that there is a chance that it is going to happen with a >lot of players. > >Kramnik did mistakes that I expect myself not to do in chess games and it is the >main reason for my suspects. > >Resigning in a drawn position is something that I do not expect myself to do and >the same for losing a piece by simple tactic in the previous game. > >Uri If it was on purpose, what could have been his motivations? Even with these strange mistakes, it's still seems even more strange to say it could have been on purpose. S.Taylor
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