Author: Larry Proffer
Date: 00:48:39 05/03/01
In today's UK Telegraph, presumably reproducing verbatim from somebody's press release, it states: 1. Sponsorship is Dollars 2 million US. Dollars 0.8mn US to Kramnik if he wins, 0.6mn US if he loses. 2. That Deep Blue 'flummoxed' Kasparov in 1997 by comfronting him with a different progam mid-match. 3. That Kramnik can study the program for a 'few months' in advance, but not its opening book. 4. Junior-Fritz contest was organised by 'leading computer chess expert' professor Enrique Irazoqui at Cadaques in Spain. 5. There was controversy in computer world because only two programs took part. 6. Many of the leading programs, such as Shredder and Rebel, refused to play. 7. In the second half of the Frizt-Junior match, deep Fritz 'changed its openings' and headed for quiet positions in which it proved superior. I'll quote directly the 'refuse to play' bit: "Deep Fritz qualified to play Kramnik by defeating its rival Deep Junior in a contest organised by leading computer chess expert Professor Enrique Irazoqui at Cadaques in Spain. There was much controversy in the computer chess world because only two programs took part, with many of the leading programs, such as Shredder and Rebel, refusing to play". This was the only comment on the 2-play thing.
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