Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:35:14 11/06/99
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On November 06, 1999 at 20:57:32, Peter Kappler wrote: >On November 06, 1999 at 20:51:34, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On November 06, 1999 at 20:04:27, Rajen Gupta wrote: >> >>>I do not know why such a big fuss is made about ''how ''deep blue makes its >>>moves or whatever-after all its just a supercomputer powered by hundreds of >>>regular powerpc chips with the added bonus of having an additional few hundreds >>>of chips specially optimised to do chess calculations together with an analysed >>>database of every single gm game ever played on this planet. >>> >>>it is no surprise that it should play so well-the greatest surprise is that >>>unlike a true sportsman it refused to give its opponent a return match or allow >>>its opponent to play a few test games with it beforehand-but then ibm have never >>>been sportsmen. >> >>It _did_ give kasparov a re-match. They played in 1996 and 1997. But would >>_you_ give someone a rematch after they continually claimed you cheated, had >>human help, used unfair tactics, etc? _I_ wouldn't. Although a little birdie >>tells me that there _will_ be another Kasparov match one day... >> > > >This is the second or third time that you've hinted at this. Can you please >give more info? > >--Peter Wait for his book to come out pretty soon. I don't want to be a 'spoiler', but your questions will be answered soon. :)
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