Author: Tanya Deborah
Date: 21:37:04 02/10/01
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On February 10, 2001 at 09:38:27, Pekka Karjalainen wrote: >On February 09, 2001 at 09:49:59, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>I don't think Tinsley thought any human could beat him. I (and many others) >>happen to agree. But Chinook was something else entirely. :) He thought >>enough of Jonathan and his effort to buck the checker federation and play the >>match without their sanction, just so no one would ever be able to say "It is >>the world champion, but it couldn't possibly have defeated Tinsley..." Compare >>that kind of character with the current world chess champion. What a >>difference. > > Who IS the current world chess champion? :-) > > Apparently the current BG World Champion V. Kramnik is supposed to play a Man >vs. Machine challenge next autumn. There is a mention of this in the Braingames >site (in the events list), but no further details at all. > > Does anyone think the match will actually occur? > Will it be interesting? > > Thinking really optimistically, it might actually happen. It is probably too >much to expect it will change the public perception that chess is >computer-dominated (or that anyone except chess fans will pay any attention), >but it still might inject just a little uncertainty into the equation if Kramnik >could beat the comp hands down. I think he can do that. > > It'd be an interesting match to see. I am keeping my fingers crossed. > > Pekka Karjalainen I think that a Top program could beat Kramnik if it run in a Deep Blue machine. But there is not a program available that could run in a RS6000 machine.
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