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Subject: Re: The First Official World Chess Championship.. No it is not

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 03:04:13 08/11/03

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On August 11, 2003 at 05:40:32, Gerd Isenberg wrote:

>On August 11, 2003 at 05:14:20, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On August 11, 2003 at 03:48:29, Gerd Isenberg wrote:
>>
>>>The First Official World Chess Championship
>>>MAN vs MACHINE to be played in total virtual reality
>>>
>>>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1119
>>>
>>>From November 11 to November 18, 2003
>>>only a few days before the Graz ICGA WCCC
>>>November 22nd - 30th, 2003
>>>
>>>Ok, fritz is one of the strongest programs without any doubt.
>>>But what does it qualify for the match?
>>
>>Same for kasparov.
>>
>>It is not official world championship.
>>I find your title misleading so I changed it.
>>
>>I do not expect to get correct information in the chessbase site but I expected
>>you to give title that is not misleading.
>
>Hi Uri,
>
>sorry, i just quoted it from the chessbase site, to cause a stir,
>maybe better to use quotation marks.
>
>I do expect to get correct information in the chessbase site:
>
>"
>It's official – Garry Kasparov vs X3D Fritz
>
>X3D Technologies presents
>Garry Kasparov vs X3D Fritz
>
>The First Official World Chess Championship
>MAN vs MACHINE to be played in total virtual reality
>
>...
>
>The match has been sanctioned by the International Computer Games Association
>(ICGA) as the First Official World Chess Championship Man vs Machine played in
>total virtual reality.
>"
>
>Gerd

Both players are not qualified to play for the world championship(kasparov lost
against kramnik when Fritz could not win the last world computer championships)
and I think that the ICGA should not be qualified to decide who is the official
world champion if they get that decision.

Uri



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