Author: Uri Blass
Date: 10:12:36 08/26/01
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On August 26, 2001 at 12:52:32, Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso wrote: >On August 26, 2001 at 10:21:55, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>On August 26, 2001 at 08:19:21, David Blackman wrote: >> >>>Keep in mind there was a series of machines. ChipTest -> Deep Thought -> Deep >>>Thought 2 -> Deep Blue -> Deeper Blue. They were similar in some ways, very >>>different in others. It was Deeper Blue that finally beat Kasparov. >>> >>>Deeper Blue was significantly faster than Fritz running on any platform they are >>>likely to have this year. >> >>I would seriously doubt that Deeper Blue would be faster than Deep Fritz is. The >>only way to know this for certain would be, if we have a version of Deeper Blue >>converted to run on regular P.C. Now the key factor is not just speed, but if >>we are going to compare programs alone; Deep Fritz, Deep Junior, Chess Tiger or >>Shredder have more Chess Knowledge than Deeper Blue. >> >>Pichard. > > > >As Dr. Robert Hyatt said severeal times, "Deeper Blue is hardware". >This means that its power comes from the those 32 + 480(chess chips) making it >faster (hence stronger) than anything ever made to play chess. >Maybe IBM gets tired of all that "Fritz propaganda" and decides to play against >Fritz. That would remove any doubts about Deeper Blue strenght. > >Best regards, >Alvaro Cardoso Even if they win that would not remove any doubt because I do not believe that they are going to play with the same software+hardware again. They were afraid to play in the last 3 years because they were afraid to lose. It is not going to be changed if they play with the same software+hardware because the opponents only become better every year. Uri
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