Author: Don Gaetke
Date: 06:20:34 04/23/98
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On April 23, 1998 at 08:13:32, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On April 22, 1998 at 23:56:17, Don Gaetke wrote: > >> >>On April 22, 1998 at 22:10:34, Joe McCarron wrote: >> >>>I wonder what computer and software will be the first Chess World >>>Champion. Does anyone want to venture a guess when that will be? >>>Evidently IBM has no interest in trying to attain the title for deep >>>blue. >>> >>>in response to your post If we had better data on how well micros do >>>against GM's, then the answer to the current poll question would provide >>>the answer to your poll question. >>> >>>It is beyond my unserstandign why we don't have better information on >>>how well these computers do against GM's. I mean we all know IBM was >>>afraid to play Deep blue against GM's more regularly but these other >>>software programs would seem to jump at the chance to butt heads with >>>GM's. What is the hold up? >> >>In DBll's case as with the previous programs DB,DTll, and DT, there has >>always been a strong need to keep things "hush, hush", in order to have >>the greatest chance to prove the point that IBM had something unique >>among computers. It was not advantageous to disclose any performance >>than was absolutely neccessary. >> >>It may yet be that the micro's will threaten the esteem of IBM's not so >> minor accomplishment. After all if a PC can beat any top 5 player in >>the world in a real match, then it takes away from IBM's SuperComputing >>achievement in the eyes of the general public. >> >>Don >> >>P.S. CCC is such a breath of fresh air. :-) > > > >A couple of points: (1) Until the "IBM" days, information about the >internals was readily available. A chapter of a book here, a journal >article there... chiptest/deep thought/deep thought 2 and so forth were >well written-up. (2) today, there's little chance of a micro beating a >top-5 GM in a match. It is unlikely in a single game, unless the match >is long enough (and I'm *not* talking about blitz games, there they have >a chance).. Actually, I was referring to the "performance" on the board. Information on DeepeBlue2 as a chess player has been scant, which is consistant with the overall history of the project. Average GM's are already threatened today at tournament level, in 6 months to a year the top 5 will be as well thanks to some serious speed increases just over the horizon. Don
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