Author: Sarah Bird
Date: 09:48:55 07/02/99
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On July 02, 1999 at 12:31:08, KarinsDad wrote: >On July 02, 1999 at 12:14:17, Albert Silver wrote: > >>On July 02, 1999 at 12:10:47, Marc Plum wrote: >> >>>I see that by winning the Frankfurt Masters event, Fritz has qualified for the >>>Giants section next year. >>> >>>Which makes me wonder, will ChessBase be required to use the same software and >>>hardware that were used this year, or will Fritz 7, say, be there? >>> >>>Marc >> >>It will be Fritz 7. If Polgar were to qualify would she be banned from learning >>and improving over the course of the year? >> >> Albert Silver > >An interesting question. > >My take: > >Fritz 6 qualified, not Fritz 7. That means to me that any "learning" that Fritz >6 can do in the next year should be allowed (even this is questionable since the >opening book is getting modified), but program changes should not be allowed. >Otherwise, you are using different but similar software (i.e. not the software >that qualified). > >Fritz 6 should also run on the same hardware. Polgar would not be able to >improve HER hardware, so neither should Fritz. > >In today's world of better and faster, fairness will probably not come into play >and the powers that be will most likely run Fritz 7. But to be totally fair, the >superGMs will not get THAT much better (in fact, they will be getting older, so >some of them may get slightly worse), so upgrading Fritz does seem unfair. > >Now, this does not mean that Fritz 7 on different hardware should not be allowed >to compete in the Master's section. It just means that it should not be allowed >to compete in the Giant's section since Fritz 7 did not qualify (unless of >course Fritz 7 wins the Master's section next year in which case it could >compete in the Giant's section in 2001). > >But the world does not revolve around fairness, but rather money. > >KarinsDad :) I think that's poppycock they should be allowed whatever changes they choose. The same as the GM can improve his/her opening/middlegame/endgame knowledge. Some of the GM's can still get very much better from an age point of view. In theory Fritz 7 did qualify since it will naturally be an improved version of Fritz 6. Sarah
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