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Subject: DB vs Kasparov - Who won?

Author: Chris Carson

Date: 06:13:33 01/20/00


Date	Event	Player	FIDE	Program	 HW	PS	TPR	Opp Avg
Feb-96	DB-GK	Kasparov 2795	IBM DB 	 ASIC	1	2670	2795
Feb-96	DB-GK	Kasparov 2795	IBM DB	 ASIC	0	2670	2795
Feb-96	DB-GK	Kasparov 2795	IBM DB	 ASIC	0.5	2670	2795
Feb-96	DB-GK	Kasparov 2795	IBM DB	 ASIC	0.5	2670	2795
Feb-96	DB-GK	Kasparov 2795	IBM DB	 ASIC	0	2670	2795
Feb-96	DB-GK	Kasparov 2795	IBM DB	 ASIC	0	2670	2795
May-97	DBII-GK	Kasparov 2815	IBM DBII ASIC	0	2872	2815
May-97	DBII-GK	Kasparov 2815	IBM DBII ASIC	1	2872	2815
May-97	DBII-GK	Kasparov 2815	IBM DBII ASIC	0.5	2872	2815
May-97	DBII-GK	Kasparov 2815	IBM DBII ASIC	0.5	2872	2815
May-97	DBII-GK	Kasparov 2815	IBM DBII ASIC	0.5	2872	2815
May-97	DBII-GK	Kasparov 2815	IBM DBII ASIC	1	2872	2815

Total 5.5/12, TPR (12 games)=2771, Opp. Avg (12 games)=2805

ASIC - Application Specific Integrated Circuit

Kasparov won the first match, DB won the second.  Kasparov won the
most points from both matches.  Doubling the speed of DB coninued to
improve the performance (even at this level, yes I know some program
improvements were also made, I do not discount that).  Kasparov wanted a
rematch with IBM DBII.  Kasparov now has a rating of 2851.  It would
be interesting to see a rematch between Kasparov and IBM DBII (not some
mythical dream machine).

Any opinions on who would win Kasparov vs IBM DBII.  The logs are out and
Kasparov has experience with the machine.  :)

IMHO:  Kasparov wins (+2, =4, 0).  :)

How about IBM DBII vs the top 5 SSDF programs on fastest machines in
a tournamet (multi-processors allowed)?

IMHO:  IBM DBII ties for first (+2, =3, 0).  :)

Hey, it's just speculation.  Have some fun with it.  :)

Best Regards,
Chris Carson



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