Author: gerold daniels
Date: 03:52:53 06/29/05
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On June 29, 2005 at 06:38:08, Robert Hollay wrote: >On June 29, 2005 at 06:15:27, Tony Nichols wrote: > >>On June 29, 2005 at 05:25:51, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >> >>>On June 29, 2005 at 01:45:49, Tony Nichols wrote: >>> >>>>GM's to take computer matches more seriously. As it stands they never know if >>>>they will get to play a comp match or not, Preparation for a comp match could >>>>just be a waste of time. Clearly there must be huge incentive for a GM to devote >>>>the necessary amount of time to preparing for such matches. I don't think a one >>>>off match is good enough. Maybe, If we had annual matches top GM's would be >>>>convinced that all the preperation would pay off? >>>>Regards >>>>Tony >>> >>>The incentive was quite huge in monetary form in the Hydra Match...and also in >>>past Man machine events. >>> >>>w.b.r. >>>Otello >> >>Yes, The money was huge, But not so huge that Adams would take a few months to >>prepare. He is a very active GM. Time preparing would mean time not earning >>money. Even if he scored say 3.5-2.5. The type of preparation spent for a comp >>match would do him no good for the rest of his career. In fact, It could hurt >>his results as it did with Kramnik after he played Fritz. I'm not making excuses >> for humans. Hydra played very strong. If a top GM prepares fully for a match, >>He may still get crushed. At least, Then we will know the true strength of >>Hydra. >>Regards >>Tony > > > Maybe Hydra's appropriate opponent should not be a top10 GM, but a GM who >plays well against comps, and has time and motivation to be well prepared. > Loek van Wely, for example, who achieved a draw against Rebel (2002). > GM Loek van Wely about the match: "You can not play your own style >against the computer, that's about close to suicide, you must play the >anti-computer strategy and be well prepared, I played about 100 games against >REBEL as part of my preparation." > > If you invite a "normal" top GM to play against computers, it's like asking >Luciano Pavarotti to sing Hip-hop. > >Robert i Robert i agree on your computer chess appropriate opponent. as for as hip-hop did you mean to play hip-hop. gerold.
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