Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 17:01:28 02/08/03
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On February 08, 2003 at 15:44:44, Frank Phillips wrote: >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 I agree. The Junior team deserve congratulations for their program and for the way they conducted themselves during the match. Andrew
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