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Subject: Re: Kasparov - Deep Junior: and tablebases draw rule

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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