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Subject: Re: subject = Noomen book.

Author: Drexel,Michael

Date: 08:24:28 10/30/03

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On October 30, 2003 at 11:09:41, Uri Blass wrote:

>On October 30, 2003 at 11:04:57, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>
>>On October 30, 2003 at 10:30:02, José Carlos wrote:
>>
>>>On October 30, 2003 at 09:57:18, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>
>>>>On October 30, 2003 at 08:21:14, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On October 30, 2003 at 08:07:01, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On October 30, 2003 at 06:07:37, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On October 30, 2003 at 04:12:14, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On October 30, 2003 at 03:41:42, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I do not understand what all this discussion is about.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Can you explain what is the subject that you disagree with Bob.
>>>>>>>>>You say nothing against Vincent who attack Jeroen for no reason.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I'm replying to that in another thread.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Jeroen could prepare some book to avoid draw between Sjeng and Tiger and Rebel.
>>>>>>>>>Jeroen did not do it.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>The company who sells all the 3 programs is the same so it is clear that draw >in these games is the worst result for commercial reasons because it increase
>>>>>>>>>the chances of another program to win.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I don't understand, shouldn't other people be happy that we refuse to 'fix'
>>>>>>>>the results?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Of course but Vincent said in
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?324307
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Though i commercially can understand the idea, from sportive viewpoint i find it
>>>>>>>very disgusting.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>My point is that if Jeroen can do disgusting things for commercial reasons the
>>>>>>>first thing that I expect him to do it is not to do draws between the programs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>For the same reason i expect a draw in world champs 2003 between Fritz and
>>>>>>Brutus.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Imagine the very well sold commercial program at a small PC, whose public
>>>>>>statement is that it only learns through search, it plays a 6 times faster
>>>>>>opponent who in its evaluation is applying double the knowledge.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Normally spoken that is a loss by natural induction with small draw chances.
>>>>>
>>>>>Not that I suspect that chessbase is going to cheat for commercial reasons but
>>>>>for commercial reasons I see no reason to do a draw.
>>>>>If chessbase want to sell Fritz and agree to cheat for that purpose then a win
>>>>>for Fritz is better than a draw.
>>>>
>>>>I have not accused chessbase nor lokasoft nor schroeder BV from cheating in this
>>>>respect.
>>>>
>>>>These are your words.
>>>>
>>>>There is a large gray area between cheating and not providing the best for a
>>>>certain engine.
>>>>
>>>>In the case of brutus we talk about an austrian program which is better with an
>>>>austrian openingsbook creator.
>>>>
>>>>How can he have peace with Fritz beating Brutus?
>>>>
>>>>The only compromis to keep all sides happy is a draw.
>>>>
>>>>You should take the compromis culture of western-europe into consideration for
>>>>matters like these.
>>>
>>>  In that case take Spain out of western-europe, please. Go cheating somewhere
>>>else.
>>>
>>>  José C.
>>
>>Do you want to say in your country are no cheaters?
>>I played against some time cheaters from Spain on playchess server many months
>>ago.
>>At least they claimed to be Spaniards.
>>
>>Michael
>
>If they are cheaters, then the fact that they claimed to be spaniards suggest
>that they are not spaniards.
>
>
>Jos also did not claim that there are no cheaters in spain.
>
>Saying that the culture of spain is to cheat is not the same as saying that
>there are cheaters in spain.
>
>Uri

I don't hope the 'culture' of any western-european country is to cheat.

Two chessplayers from the same chessclub decide to make an early draw in a
tournament. This happens quite often.
AFAIK it is not regarded as cheating, although I always prefer to play.

Michael



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