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Subject: Re: Could be Ponomariov, but he needs to consult his private room : )

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 06:45:51 02/11/03

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On February 11, 2003 at 07:44:55, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On February 11, 2003 at 06:13:50, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>
>>On February 11, 2003 at 05:45:22, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>>
>>>On February 11, 2003 at 05:27:25, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>
>>>>On February 11, 2003 at 05:16:46, Graham Laight wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On February 11, 2003 at 05:13:27, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On February 11, 2003 at 04:51:31, Graham Laight wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On February 11, 2003 at 01:02:58, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>New York match was billed as The FIDE Man Vs Machine World Chess Championship so
>>>>>>>>who won?!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Jouni
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>My understanding is that in chess, if a championship is drawn, then the title
>>>>>>>remains with the holder.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The holder must be beaten for it to go to the challenger.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>-g
>>>>>>
>>>>>>But Garry has not been Fide champion in many years - If I remember right
>>>>>>Ponomariov is current.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Next year Kasparov will be Fide World Champion, unless Ponomariov get Deep
>>>>Junior or Deep Fritz with 8 X 1.9 GHz on his private room to consult during the
>>>>match.
>>>
>>>FYI Kasparov has to beat Kramnik or Leko as well.
>>
>>You should know that Jorge is a "Kasparov freak". So we should excuse his
>>blindness for Kasparov's new weaknesses. Kasparov is a patzer and blunders. He
>>is very old and can no longer play his usual game. It's over. :)
>>
>>Rolf Tueschen
>
>I might be blind, but Kasparov performance against human lately has been much
>better than Kramnik or any other player except for Anand who had a great
>performance on his last tournament, but Anand is out of the equation to dispute
>the Title.
>
>Jorge

A world championship competition without the third highest rated GM is a joke.
The winner might have been whipped by Anand, assuming Anand was "up" for the
competition.  But it may be too late.  Anand would need lots of time to prepare
and probably is not doing that.  So we have our "joke."

Incidentally, it is possible to be "Best in the World" at one form of chess,
like blitz, and not be best at another form of the game, such as
"anti-computer."  To determine which human was best at anti-computer chess would
require many human vs computer games.  In effect, it would take as much effort
to determine a world human champion at anti-computer chess as it does to
determine a world champion at anti-human chess.

Bob D.


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>>>>
>>>>Pichard
>>>>
>>>>>OK - I stand corrected. But this does lead to another question: how can they
>>>>>credibly claim that this event was "The FIDE Man Vs Machine World Chess
>>>>>Championship"?
>>>>>
>>>>>-g
>>>>>
>>>>>>Jouni



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