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Subject: So What does that Kaspy deepblue 2 Result mean then?

Author: odell hall

Date: 00:08:47 03/04/99


Hi CCC

  I continue to hear people try and make the victory of deepblue over
Garry Kasp, amount to nothing????   Firstly regardless of the Amount of games
played, When was the last time that anyone beat Garry Kaspy in a match period???
 We all know the answer to this question, It is totally, ludicrous to suggest
that this match meant nothing! I continue to hear pathetic excuses , such as
garry kasparov was not in form!  Yet I remember many said the same bull about
him before he defeated Annand. What people are ignoring is that garry kasparov
is such a great player that he can defeat the best even in bad form!!!
I believe these attempts to minimize the victory of deepblue is a pure emotional
reaction, and has little to do which logic or reality.  The fact is, deepblue
defeated kaspy in front of the entire world. This is why the amount of games
played is really irrelevant. Kaspy knew that his reputation was on the line. So
it doesn't matter if it was one game or one hundred!  If he was the better
player he would have been victorious. What makes a world champion , the best in
any sport is his ability to rise to the challenge when something important is on
the line, historically kaspy has been able to come though under pressure. In my
view, this fact is what makes deepblue's victory more credible    If everyone
thinks, and recollects about the pre-match news conferences, kaspy was quite
arrogant, he was sure that he would win the match. Only Grandmaster Joel
benjamin knew that the deepblue kaspy would face was much, much stronger than
kaspy realized. Apparently kaspy did not realize the leap and technical progress
made by the programmers of deepblue.  And when he sat down to play it , I think
he was trumatized, realizing just how strong it was.



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