Author: Don Prohaska
Date: 08:40:43 02/14/00
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As I remember it at the time, the surprise wasn't that Deep Blue took at e6, but Kasparov made the h6 move. On February 14, 2000 at 08:39:49, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On February 14, 2000 at 02:01:30, Joshua Lee wrote: > >> >>>I think that you must have read something to the effect that it was Benjamin's >>>idea to play this move if they ever reached that position. Your conclusion is >>>that he had the idea *during* the game, but from what I have been told, this >>>move was in their book *before* the game. It's OK to build a book before the >>>game. >>> >>>Does this clear things up? >>> >>>bruce >> >>No, i was told that someone had actually saw Benjamin input this move into the >>computer.I am not sure exactly if it was IM Kobas or GM Fedorowitz told a friend >>of their's who in turn told me. It's probably better to ask the source but i am >>positive of a Casella whom i think is a Master or IM out in L.A knows these >>details better than i. > >Then you were told wrong. Joel was not around the operators console. Hsu, >Campbell and Hoane were the only operators to touch the console connected to >DB. All of this was done in front of cameras and witnesses. Your source is >including a bit of hyperbole.
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