Author: Howard Exner
Date: 07:45:22 02/18/00
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On February 18, 2000 at 07:53:02, James T. Walker wrote: >On February 18, 2000 at 03:56:03, Mig wrote: > >> >>> >>> Personally I think they have tremendous public appeal. Man against machine .... >>> Remember Deep Blue and all the publicity and public interest that was >>> generated. I think the Sponsors/GM's are overlooking a big opportunity to cash >>> in by not playing against comps. But they have to have the courage to play. >>> The truth is time is running out on the select human GM club. They should belly >>> up to the bar while it is still open because closing time is getting closer >>> every day. >> >>What many people fail to understand is that many GMs actively dislike playing >>public games, even exhibition games, against computers. There are many different >>reasons and few stem from simply not wanting to lose. They lose to other humans >>all the time. One is that they don't enjoy the games nearly as much because the >>entire psychological element is gone. The exciting competitive drive is >>practically irrelevant, you just don't get as juiced up to play a machine. >> >>Calling them chicken is beside the point. They have almost nothing to gain and >>since everyone still makes a big deal out of it when they lose, (Rebel - Anand, >>Garry - Deep Blue, etc.) there is only the money. So they play for the money and >>sometimes they don't. But saying, "just take your money and shut up" is >>demeaning. These guys are dedicated professionals playing a game they love and >>computers have nothing to do with why they love it. >> >>Man against machine is a hot ticket and I hope we will continue to find players >>who are eager to play them. We might have to move to longer time controls, >>however. While several GMs told me Illescas played poorly, Adams is Adams and he >>was busted... >> >>Saludos, Mig >> >>mig@kasparovchess.com > >Hello Mig, >I believe what you say is true. The sad thing is that GM's should be trying to >exploit the "Human vs Machine" thing now while they still can. I like this idea of exploiting the man vs machine competition. Could mean a nice paycheck for some high profile GM with the right marketing and sponsor. Everyone likes a good fight. The emphasis could be but on a home computer opponent to raise the publics interest. >In a few more >years I believe machines vs humans will have no more appeal since the machines >will easily win and must be banned from any kind of human event except maybe >giving time odds or piece odds. Someone should explain to them the time is now >and if you are a professional then money is always the driving force, unless you >are the World Champion and can afford to avoid the computers. Most GM's are not >in his position. >Jim Walker
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