Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 05:50:18 04/12/02
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On April 12, 2002 at 00:38:00, Dana Turnmire wrote: >On April 12, 2002 at 00:04:48, Terry McCracken wrote: > >>On April 11, 2002 at 22:53:23, Terry McCracken wrote: >> >>>On April 11, 2002 at 21:28:52, pavel wrote: >>> >>>>On April 11, 2002 at 20:55:15, Joe Little wrote: >>>> >>>>>http://www.clubkasparov.com/serve/templates/folders/show.asp?p_docID=20935&p_docLang=EN >>>> >>>>Thanks fot the link, nice reading. >>>>Now whom to believe, a strong player who is new in computerchess arena, or a >>>>stronger played, who has been there done that? >>>> >>>>I feel too with Kasparov that Fritz7 is strong, but it is way overhyped. >>>> >>>> >>>>pavs >>> >>> >>>Agreed, and it's been discussed here at some length. >>> >>>Too bad IBM wouldn't post the "Technical Specifications" of Deep Blue of 97! >>> >>>It would be like comparing a Tandy/TRS-80 in complexity to what Kramnik will >>>play Fritz 7 on. >>> >>>It gives a new meaning to "Virtual Reality" IMO. >>> >>>Terry >> >>It dosen't read exactly the way I intended! >> >>Comparing an 8-way Box to the _super power_ of Deeper Blue is as silly as >>comparing an a Tandy/TRS-80 to a very powerful, modern 8-way Box. > >Wouldn't a very fast stupid program be at a disadvantage to a much newer and >smarter one? From what I have read Deep Blue wasn't that sophisticated when it >came to forward pruning and general chess knowledge. Deeper Blue was _anything_ but a stupid programme, I see you really haven't any hard data on the whole Deep Blue project, which goes all the way back to Chiptest, which evoloved into Deep Thought, which became the "Manhatten Project" of chess playing machines. Deeper Blue was "smarter" than Fritz. Terry
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