Author: Frank Phillips
Date: 12:44:44 02/08/03
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On February 08, 2003 at 09:54:15, Andrew Williams wrote: >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 Andrew I agree that there is a 'reality' to be addressed (so that the strong human will turn up to play), but something needs to be changed. Almost $1M, the positions got unbalanced and interesting, the guy got scared and the games ended - well more like aborted. According to reports, there was booing at the auditorium after the last game. Rightly so in my opinion. Big build up: big let down. (Congratulation to Junior BTW). Frank
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