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Subject: Re: Boycot the stupid Kasparov Grand Prix - I disagree

Author: Bradley Woodward

Date: 17:37:28 02/17/00

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On February 17, 2000 at 05:50:54, Ritter Rost wrote:

>So lets just not watch those boring human games and boycot the rest of this
>stupid farce of a tournament where arbiters are overruled by "business
>decisions".

I disagree.  As computer chess enthusiasts, we should be encouraging them to
make all necessary changes so that this doesn't happen again.  Simplily
abandoning them won't help us see the games we're all wanting to see so much.

We *want* GM - computer matches.  And when those GMs are all in the to 10, top 5
even!, even more so.

People here have the experience in computer tournaments, the problems they
usually encounter, and the best way to solve them so the tournament can go
ahead.  Mabye next time the expertise we have can be offered to the organisers.
Hopefully next time the organisers will seek ideas from us.  For the computer
chess community to walk away from organisations like Kasparovchess.com is wrong.
 They have the money and the name to get bums on seats playing programs like
Junior.  Who else has come close to getting a Kasparov vs computer game
happening?  I'm as unhappy about the DJ disaster as anybody, but if we want
another chance, we need to help them make it work.

And then we'll see Deep Junior/crafy/Rebel/whatever push Kasparov/Adams/whoever
off the board  (Hi Bob! :) )



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