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Subject: The Shocking, Tragic Answer.

Author: Graham Laight

Date: 01:42:57 02/10/03

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On February 09, 2003 at 01:32:02, Dana Turnmire wrote:

>Most chess programs have a feature where one may propose a draw and the program
>will decide to accept or reject it.  My question is did the humans decide to
>reject Kasparov's draw offer or did Deep Junior?

Yes - I thought it was supposed to be GK v DJ as well. Turns out, the final draw
offer had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with the computer that was playing
the game.

Rather, the decision was made by Amir, Shay, GM Boris Alterman, backup copy of
DJ, uncle Tom Cobley, uncle Tom Cobley's dog, and uncle Tom Cobley's wife.

It would be funny if it wasn't a game of immense importance with several million
people following and very rare TV coverage.

-g



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