Author: Les Fernandez
Date: 08:55:10 01/22/03
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On January 22, 2003 at 11:45:17, Uri Blass wrote: >On January 22, 2003 at 11:29:18, Les Fernandez wrote: > >>On January 22, 2003 at 05:12:52, Francesco Di Tolla wrote: >> >>>An important rule went unnoticed here. >>> >>>The program can use the tablebase, but the game is declared draw when the >>>computer hits a tblbase draw! >> >>Rediculous!! Who in the world would agree to terms like that! With a few more >>rules like this it won't even pay to play the match. What other things does the >>Kasparov camp demand? Am I not mistaken that all this time Kasparov has had a >>version of the software to gain insight into its prowess? > >You are wrong. > Hi Uri First how is your move generator going? >Kasparov has only an old version and not the version that is going to play >against him. I am aware of this. > >I also believe that the rule does not change a lot. > >The probability to get tablebase position in 1 game is small and the probability >to get draw tablebase position that kasparov does not know to play is even >smaller. > >I guess that the last probability is less than 1/1000. You think so? I just havent an idea about the odds for that. > > >> Although I feel >>Kasparov should win the match with all these "extra" provisions one would have >>to ask how can he lose!!!!. > >Losing the match is no problem. >Kasparov only needs to do some mistakes that he usually does not do in games. >Kramnik proved that it is easy to do it but did not do it enough to lose the >match but only to draw. Perhaps you are right here. However why not just a simple tournament, no old or new software, no special provisions etc and just "LETS PLAY CHESS" !! Les > >Uri
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