Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 11:49:53 11/03/03
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On November 03, 2003 at 12:09:59, Uri Blass wrote: >On November 03, 2003 at 09:57:59, Gerd Isenberg wrote: > >>http://www.x3dchess.com/news/friedelinterview.htm >> >>.... >> >>Is X3D the sponsor of the match? Are there other sponsors? >> >>X3D is the sole sponsor of the Kasparov vs X3D Fritz match. The company is >>investing a very large sum into it - considerably over a million dollars. And it >>is planning to stage an "X3D Computer Challenge" like this every year, making it >>bigger and more attractive each time. There will be a gigantic television and >>Internet coverage of these events. During the last match the main Internet >>coverage partner was AOL. This time other major portals will be joining in as >>partners. There will be many millions of viewers during the live coverage. >> >>.... >> >>Is all of this a big show, or does it have chess value? >> >>When the strongest human chess player of all time plays a classical time control >>match against the strongest chess program in the world it has tremendous chess >>value. >> >>.... > >I do not see a reason to believe that kasparov is playing against the >strongest chess program in the world. > >Shredder is leading the ssdf list and not Fritz. > > >Uri Uri, I do agree that Shredder is the leader on the SSDF Rating List by a few rating points, but Fritz has a better record playing against humans :-) Jorge
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