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Subject: Re: Elo of Deep Blue

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 15:57:23 03/15/01

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On March 15, 2001 at 07:49:57, Terry McCracken wrote:

>On March 15, 2001 at 06:38:56, Ulrich Tuerke wrote:
>
>>On March 14, 2001 at 23:03:45, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>
>>>After all that said, I'd say Deep Blue, or Deeper Blues' ELO was about
>>>2700-2750, Garry was'nt Garry after Game 2.
>>>I will also add that Deep Blue was the first true GM strength computer
>>>and in many ways, if it were still in existance the only _True_ GM machine.
>>>Maybe the fastest PC's at 40 in 2 with the best software books hash EGTBS
>>>etc. may be _Weak_ GMs'.
>>>
>>>Terry
>>
>>IMHO, nothing but speculations. We'll never know.
>
>Uli
>
>I don't rely on pure speculation, Deep Blue was a GRANDMASTER. FACT!
>Ask Kasparov, Joel Benjamin, and other GM's. If your a strong player
>you would see for yourself, even with the published games that DB was
>indeed a GM player, but _NOT_ the strength of Kasparov.

I think 2500 is pretty safe.  But calling it a fact does not make it become so.
It is an opinion and a very good opinion.  But not a fact.



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