Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 06:54:15 02/08/03
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On February 08, 2003 at 06:14:10, Uri Blass wrote: >On February 08, 2003 at 05:09:43, Andrew Williams wrote: > >>On February 07, 2003 at 22:17:56, John Wentworth2 wrote: >> >>>Seems like a good way to have more interesting matches would be to not allow >>>draws unless it is by repetition or not enough material to mate. >> >>The thing is, humans get tired and computers don't. So if you want a big match >>agaisnt a big name, you can't do this. >> >>Andrew > >Nonsense. > >If there is enough time between the games humans do not get tired. >I also think that the time between games in kasparov-Junior was enough time. > >My opinion is that every player should be allowed to offer a draw but the >opponent should get the draw offer only if a team of good chess players agree >that it is a draw. > >In other cases the opponent should not get the draw offer and the game should >continue. > >Uri What *you* think about whether a person can recover "enough" between games doesn't count for anything, because nobody would pay you a million dollars to play chess, and even if they did, nobody would be interested in the outcome. The question is, "how do you persuade world class players to play chess against computers?". At the moment, you have to offer them a lot of money, and agree to various (sometimes strange) conditions. As soon as you start saying, "the game can't be drawn until somebody else agrees" or "you don't get any money for draws", you will either lose the opportunity to play against the very best players, or increase the price to the extent that no-one would pay it. You need to take into account: * The calibre of player you want to play against * The extent to which you are doing them a favour (free money) * The extent to which they are doing you a favour (good publicity) Andrew
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