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Subject: Re: Dead Wrong!

Author: Chris Carson

Date: 04:42:00 07/21/00

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On July 21, 2000 at 07:06:08, Alvaro Polo wrote:

>On July 21, 2000 at 01:11:57, Ed Schröder wrote:
>
>>On July 20, 2000 at 19:57:16, Jeremiah Penery wrote:
>>
>>>On July 20, 2000 at 19:11:03, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>>
>>>>[Event "DB-GK the rematch"]
>>>>[Site "am Rd1; bm Rf5+"]
>>>>[Date "2000.05.31"]
>>>>[Round "?"]
>>>>[White "DEEP BLUE"]
>>>>[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
>>>>[Result "0-1"]
>>>>[WhiteElo "?"]
>>>>[BlackElo "?"]
>>>>[FEN "4r3/8/2p2PPk/1p1r4/pP2p1R1/P1B5/2P2K2/8 b - - 0 1"]
>>>>
>>>>DB played Rd1?? which caused a giant immediate material loss where Rf5+
>>>>is the obvious defence. The most convincing argument is the score DB gave
>>>>for Rd1?? way too positive (perhaps Uri remembers) and the very negative
>>>>(and correct) scores some of the micro's gave when they did an analysis.
>>>
>>>Didn't someone say this one was caused by a C macro being improperly expanded or
>>>some such?
>>
>>I don't know and I really don't care. All we have are a few games and
>>hiding behind bugs is not a very convincing argument.
>>
>>Ed
>
>If what you are seeking is the truth you should care.
>
>Alvaro

The truth is that Ed, Uri, and Amir are right.  DB had bugs
and a simple eval (so that HSU could put it into ASICS, HSU
was a HW guy Murry was the SW guy, trade offs were made to
create ASICS).

Best Regards,
Chris Carson



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