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Subject: Re: DB vs Kasparov - Who won?

Author: Peter Kappler

Date: 09:15:33 01/20/00

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On January 20, 2000 at 11:05:53, stuart taylor wrote:

>On January 20, 2000 at 09:13:33, Chris Carson wrote:
>
>>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).  :)

I agree - with that exact score, too.  But it's all a dream, because I can't see
any scenario where IBM would risk a rematch.



>>
>>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).  :)
>>

I'd expect DB2 to win, but I think it would be closer than people expect.  It
certainly wouldn't blow the micros off the board.

--Peter



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