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Subject: Re: Murray Campbell article on Deep Blue in latest CACM

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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