Author: odell hall
Date: 08:18:30 03/04/99
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On March 04, 1999 at 09:16:50, Michael J Fitch wrote: >On March 04, 1999 at 03:08:47, odell hall wrote: > >>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. > >That match didn't mean anything.Were's Deepblue right now,Probably E-Filing >Intel's Tax Returns.It was a 6 game match Man vs Machine THAT'S IT .Kasparov's >paranoia got the best of him,After Deepblue made that move he said no computer >program would ever make he was completely psyched out,and to keep on ranting and >raving about it is silly No what I think is silly is denying evidence which is right in front of your eyes. I don't know anything about kaspy's alledged "psyched" out, that is for a psychologist or psychairtrist to determine, But what we do have that we can see is a six game match that deepblue won!. One thing is speculation, another is fact.
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