Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 00:09:00 05/12/00
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On May 11, 2000 at 19:38:36, Hans Gerber wrote: >On May 11, 2000 at 17:37:02, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>I don't know where you will find a transcript, although I am sure such must >>exist somewhere. But most anyone present can confirm that Kasparov started >>with the 'comments' after game 2. That was when he asked for the printouts >>as he was convinced something was 'wrong'... > >Are you sure that there had been a press conference after game two where >Kasparov participated? You stated that he made public accusations about >cheating. Here is a snip from an article in the NY times. I lost the URL. For copyright reasons I can't post the entire article. Ed ___________________________________________ May 7, 1997 Kasparov Draws Third Game Against Deep Blue By BRUCE WEBER [ snip ] He even went so far as to suggest that the computer's decisions in Game 2 were unfairly supplemented by human beings. [ snip ] After Tuesday's game, Kasparov concurred, saying the amazing thing to him was that after playing a brilliant game, the computer erred on its last move, allowing the possibility of perpetual check. "Anyone who knows chess, and a little bit about computers, knows there was a big difference between Games 1 and 3 and Game 2," he said. "Today the computer was a computer. Sunday something was completely different. Something truly unbelievable happened, and it it showed a sign of intelligence. "I don't know how it happened. But the most amazing thing is that computer made a blunder on the last move. Suddenly the machine missed an elementary draw." Was he suggesting that there had been some human interference? In response, he compared the game to a famous World Cup soccer match in 1986, in which the Argentinian star Diego Maradona fisted the ball into the net for a decisive goal against England, an illegal play that went unremarked by the officials. "Maradona called it the hand of God," Kasparov said. Murray Campbell, an IBM researcher on the Deep Blue team, shrugged off Kasparov's sinister suggestion. "He can't be happy," Campbell said, "particularly after making such a good start. He doesn't know how we did what we did, and at the end of the match, we'll tell him." As for the perpetual check, Campbell admitted, "Deep Blue missed it." "Yes, it was a perpetual check," Campbell said. "But it turned out it was a very deep perpetual check, at least 15 moves down the line." In other words, it was beyond the computer's search, as it was apparently beyond the intuitive powers of the champion. [ snip ]
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