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Subject: Re: My Fritz 9 prediction (More Hype)

Author: Joachim Rang

Date: 11:09:59 07/25/05

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On July 25, 2005 at 11:57:15, Terry McCracken wrote:

>On July 25, 2005 at 11:46:27, Joachim Rang wrote:
>
>>On July 25, 2005 at 10:59:48, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>
>>>As to your question, they won't ask Anand as he most likely will win at long
>>>time controls and he's expensive! At least the Hydra team most likely won't
>>>arrange a match with Anand.
>>>
>>>ChessBase, who knows? Maybe they will maybe they won't. Does Anand care, I don't
>>>know, as he considered the match(es) of Kramnik and Kasparov as trivial, ie not
>>>to be taken seriously.
>>>
>>>Terry
>>
>>I got different informations. Anand does not like to play against computers and
>>said during the machtes with Kasparov and Kramnik that he would not like to
>>change  with Kramnik and Kasparov who faced as he said very tough opponents. I
>>think Anand does not want to play since he knows he will probably loose. For one
>>million I think he would play but I'm not sure whether Pal-Group will invest so
>>much money.
>>
>>By the way Anand would loose against Hydra as every human being on this planet
>>without computer assistance.
>>
>>But a match against Fritz, Shredder or Junior could be interesting given they
>>ran on not too fast hardware.
>>
>>regards Joachim
>
>I'm sorry but you don't know that Anand whould lose, he's very stong, much
>stronger than Adams. Kasparov would at least draw if he'd prepare and could win,
>but he's out of the picture. He could lose, but that happens...he has the
>strength to win and so does Anand.
>
>Hydra is very strong in tactics and plays a good positional game but it's far
>from perfect.
>
>Adams missed a possible win and a few draws. Some tough one easy.
>
>Terry


I would be happy if I could agree with you but unfortunately I no longer believe
in an equal battle. At least Hydra seems out of reach, although I agree that
Adams played poor. If it comes to a battle with a PC-Engine there might be a
chance for a drawn match for the Top-Players but no chance to win a match.

You know they all _could_ beat the machines if they would play 6 perfect games
(as they do from time to time) but they can't play 6 perfect games in a row. :-(

regards Joachim



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