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Subject: Re: A whole night against Shredder 7,04

Author: Mark Young

Date: 06:11:41 01/04/04

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On January 04, 2004 at 08:55:21, Sally Weltrop wrote:

>On January 04, 2004 at 04:46:25, Mark Young wrote:
>
>>>It will never happen. He refuses to play unless he knows the book the computer
>>would be using.
>
>U got to be kidding me? Although the GM's do the same thing but they do not say
>I have to look at the book but they want to get a "feel" for the program
>although they still could be preparing lines according to the program's book.
>The programmers could use a totally different book although it is the same
>version they gave the GM.
>
>
>>Very funny condition, but true and telling....makes it easy to win when you can
>>prepare a line of play out of book.
>
>It's all preparation. Why does he keep tooting his horn? Either quite lambasting
>the programs or put his "chess prowess" on the line.

GM Kasparov or GM Kramnik or any other GM I know about in a "real" match had a
copy of the book the program would play from. They may have had the program, but
not the opening book, for the reason I have stated.



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