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Subject: Re: Why can't Kasparov play Shredder 7.04 or 8.0?

Author: Amir Ban

Date: 15:33:14 11/05/03

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On November 05, 2003 at 17:24:27, stuart taylor wrote:

>Why can't the real interests and passions of the chess (computer) world be given
>more consideration, in having Kasparov play something which has already been top
>for some time, and is clearly reported to be stronger at next release, such as
>Shredder?
>
>Kasparov already played fritz recently (or was it Kramnik? same thing really)
>and both Fritz and Junior achieved the disgusting result (for their rivals) of a
>draw each in matches against the two top humans.
>
>Why do we need more of that now?
>
>All we want to see now is that Kasparov is ripped to shreds from software, and
>that will make us completely sure that computers are better from then on, and
>then we won't need any more such matches. So in order to achieve this, wouldn't
>it be better to have the best possible program against him?
>
>Do we have to waste another few years to see what we want to see? Isn't it
>public inconvenience?
>
>If now he either draws again, or wins by half a point, wouldn't it be more
>meaningful (showing that Kasparov is not beatable by a machine quite yet) if the
>program he plays against is as much as possible stronger (and different) from
>the last programs which Kasparov and Kamnik drew with?
>
>S.Taylor

Stuart, why is this match necessary ?

Let's see:

Shredder is proven to be the strongest program.

THEREFORE

It is known that Shredder will kill Kasparov.

THEREFORE

No Shredder match is necessary.

So what's wrong with letting us weaker guys play ?

Amir



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