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Subject: Re: Even if Deep Junior lost the rest, its performance is incredible

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 09:14:07 07/12/00

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On July 12, 2000 at 11:59:50, Dann Corbit wrote:

>I see the tide turning in some of the message headers and now people are
>apparently jumping ship.
>
>Deep Junior has already gone toe to toe with some of the very best players in
>the world and come out much better than I would have imagined at this time
>control.
>
>Quite frankly, I think it is more amazing than Deep Blue's performance against
>Kasparov, considering the equipment difference.
>
>I don't think that Deep Junior will lose the rest of the games.  But even if it
>did, I would still be awesomely impressed by the incredible performance.
>
>It's amusing how with one win people are ready to proclaim D.J. world champion
>and with one loss, something inferior.  Kraminik is one of the elite players in
>the world.  A loss should not prove astonishing.
>
>Whatever the rest of the results are, Amir Ban and company deserve broad praise
>for their astonishing efforts.

Absolutely. Not only DJ scored extremely well, but it played some great games. I
didn't expect Junior (or any other program) to do so well at all.

Aside from this, I don't understand why Junior went against Kramnik for a line
that Mig published months ago as the way to beat Junior 5.

Enrique



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