Author: Don Dailey
Date: 09:02:26 05/04/98
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On May 03, 1998 at 23:40:22, jay klales wrote: > Dear Don, I've been a fan of your programs for years...have >and Socrates. > I'll not quote your posting as my point is a brief one. > Firstly, ther are more than 6 games to be considered as the >sum of both the match Garry won and the one DB won would be 12. > This would of course mean that DB has a slightly minus score >versus Kasparov. > Secondly, yes 6 or 12 games are a woefully small database, >Making the humans job much harder. If DB played more games with >more opponents GK could prepare much better and I doubt DB would be >as competitive after a year of such play. > Best wishes, > JK Hi Jay, Actually, despite the tone of my previous post, I completely agree with you. I always try to be completely objective, but my "intuition" tells me GK is the better player and certainly would win a long match. I believe he would win another 6 game match too since he now knows more about his opponent. But I just want to point out that my opinion here is based on subjective factors and not actual facts. If I'm honest with myself I have to admit there is some chance that DB is the better player. Fortunately there is little evidence in either direction so I can give my intuition free reign! By the way, I don't count the first match because I believe the 2nd Deep Blue to be significantly stronger, essentially a different player. Since DB1 is closely related to DB2, counting these games is not an unreasonable thing to do, I just choose not too. - Don
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