Author: Theo van der Storm
Date: 11:18:15 08/10/01
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On August 10, 2001 at 13:25:10, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On August 10, 2001 at 02:57:51, Peter Berger wrote: ... >>I don't think many reporters were really thinking of this Hongkong game. More >>likely they were confused by the qualifier against Deep Junior. On the other hand here's what journalists world-wide use as a reference to the history of computer-chess: http://www.braingames.net/index.php?f=chess_center/events&p=mvm_history Evidently the list has been carefully designed with regard to the information that has been left out. >>With Deep Blue,Deep Blue Junior and Deep Junior it's easy to fail. >> >>And if they read that Fritz qualified in a computer match to challenge the >>worldmaster they probably assumed Deep Blue as a logical opponent. > >Also, if they hear that there was a qualifier, they assume that the best >programs played -- they assume that the winner is our de-facto champion. > >It is possible that the best programs did play, but it's true that many who >might have won did not play. > >Something tells me that *nobody* anywhere near this event has mentioned that we >have a computer world champion, and it is not Fritz. Indeed. It is Pocket Fritz :-) Right, Stefan? >This is leading down very predictable lines. >bruce >>pete
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