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Subject: Re: DB vs Kasparov - Who won?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 19:20:14 01/20/00

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On January 20, 2000 at 22:09:37, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On January 20, 2000 at 18:53:15, Chris Carson wrote:
>
>>On January 20, 2000 at 17:55:06, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>Doesn't matter.  What appears strong to a class B player doesn't necessarily
>>>appear strong to a master.  DB pretty well proved itself rating and performance
>>>wise.  Both against humans and computers...
>>
>>Dr. Hyatt,
>>
>>I have always treated you with respect.  I hope you will
>>take back this tasteless comment.
>>
>>Best Regards,
>
>
>>Chris Carson
>
>What is "tasteless".  The point being that to "us" a computer might look
>impossibly strong.  To a GM, it might look impossibly weak.  And _both_ would
>be right.  Although I doubt DB looks "weak" to any GM really looking...


That was worded backward.  To a weaker player, DB might look pretty close to
equal with PC programs.  To a GM, it doesn't.



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