Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 12:45:08 07/21/01
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On July 21, 2001 at 15:13:34, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >Sorry but you are a little bit disinformed about that: > >"In 1990 World Champion Anatoly Karpov lost to MEPHISTO in a simultaneous >exhibition in Munich. MEPHISTO also beat grandmasters Robert Huebner and David >Bronstein. MEPHISTO won the German blitz championship and earned an >International Master norm by scoring 7-4 in the Dortmund Open. >In 1994 Kasparov lost to Fritz 3 in Munich in a blitz tournament. The program >also defeated Anand, Short, Gelfand, and Kramnik. Grandmaster Robert Huebner >refused to play it and lost on forfeit, the first time a GM has forfeited to a >computer. >In Dortmund 2000 , the only decisive result came from the encounter between >Veteran Grandmaster Robert Huebner and the chess computer program Junior 6. >While the other matches ended in short draws, GM Huebner mistakenly resigned, >in a position where he could have salvaged a draw" That doesn't mean that Huebner is an anti-computer expert. The opposite might be closer to the truth. So be a little careful with your conclusions. Mogens.
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