Author: Amir Ban
Date: 13:26:08 07/18/00
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On July 18, 2000 at 11:05:03, Robert Hyatt wrote: >I wouldn't begin to claim that DB "outplayed" kasparov in 97. I do claim that >it "beat" him, of course. :) > >But in the above, the point is can you find any specific weakness in DB that >would lead to GMs discovering that and beating it like a drum? Can you find >any weakness in Deep Junior that would lead to GMs discovering that and beating >it like a drum? > >That is the main difference I see. We _all_ saw the king safety/blocked >position problem in Dortmund. We didn't see any such problem in DB'97. It >must have weaknesses. But obviously no glaring weaknesses. DB'96 had them. >Deep Junior (and every other program) of 2000 has them. DB'97 was something >'different' in that regard, even though many want to pound their chests and >say "mine is clearly and obviously better" or "it was just a fast/dumb machine." >Both are far from truth. I quote Garry Kasparov who told me that game 1 of the DB'97 match was "a typical computer game". Deeper Blue showed gross misunderstanding of king safety and was smashed. Amir
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