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Subject: Re: Can Deep Fritz 7 find better moves than Deep Blue in 1997 ??

Author: Adam Oellermann

Date: 08:08:14 08/09/01

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On August 09, 2001 at 10:25:00, Ed Panek wrote:

>On August 09, 2001 at 09:31:05, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On August 09, 2001 at 07:12:11, Tanya Deborah wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi!
>>>
>>>Is really Deep Fritz running in 8 processors stronger that Deep Blue (97)???
>>>
>>>
>>>I hear that Deep Fritz 7 will see 5 millions nodes per second. It is enough to
>>>beat the World Champion???
>>>
>>>I think that if Deep Fritz could see 500 millions nodes per second, Kramnik will
>>>be dead.
>>>
>>>And why i find an article that said that Deep Fritz 7 recently beat Deep Blue,
>>>the same machine that beat Kasparov in 1997.  It is true?????  Where i can find
>>>the games??
>>>
>>
>>No it is not true. It is the most atrocious bit of marketing hyperbole I have
>>seen in many years.  Perhaps IBM will take notice and then ChessBase will have
>>a different kind of competition to handle.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Thanks a lot!
>>>
>>>
>>>Tanya D.
>
>
>Wouldnt that be something!!! IBM reinvents DeeperBlue and challenges Fritz X to
>a match for 1 million dollars to be payed by the loser! IBM wake up..CHessbase
>is slandering you!
>
>Ed

Hmm. Given that a megadollar is probably a lot more significant to Chessbase's
bottom line than IBM's, perhaps IBM should ante up a bit more than Chessbase? On
the other hand, to my mind Chessbase has the point to prove, so maybe they
should sponsor the match?

- Adam



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