Author: Otello Gnaramori
Date: 14:57:10 08/03/01
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On August 03, 2001 at 17:41:11, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >On August 03, 2001 at 17:35:49, odell hall wrote: > >>On August 03, 2001 at 14:46:23, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >> >>>From the Chessbase report http://www.chessbase.com/events/bahrain/bahr03.htm : >>> >>>"He also said (Mr.Kramnik) that his preparations for the match would begin on >>>the 1st August and involve one month of "experimentation" followed by a month of >>>planning match strategy with his new knowledge of the computer. When asked how >>>he was planning to celebrate victory in the match, Vlad, serene as always, >>>pointed out that he didn’t want to think about that, as it would then be likely >>>that he would end up with nothing to celebrate! He certainly looked like a man >>>that was taking the match seriously." >>> >>> >>>I hereby express my admiration for Vlad modesty and my best wishes for this >>>interesting match. >>> >>>Regards. >> >> >> Otello >> >> You must know this whole match is a Joke, Certainly Kramnik doesn't really need >>to prepare to beat a 8 processor deep fritz, Deep fritz will be annilihated. >>This match is a sham, why does humanity have to put a machine thousand times >>inferior to deep blue to get it's so-called revenge?? > >Hi,Odell > >The following is a quote from the latest CBS news about this match : > >Title : Man Vs. Machine, Part Deux > >"Sitting opposite the lanky Russian champion was a metal briefcase said to >contain the latest version of Deep Fritz, financed by ChessBase, a German chess >software firm. Little more than a CD-ROM disc, the program can consider 6 >million chess positions per second and "learn" to counter the tactics of >opponents. > >The new technology has created a formidable foe even if it's still years away >from the artificial intelligence envisioned by Stanley Kubrick in the science >fiction movie "A.I." > >The program's German and Dutch creators say Deep Fritz has already defeated Deep >Blue, the 1.4-ton chess computer that beat Kasparov in New York, 3 1/2 games to >2 1/2 games. > >Deep Fritz's ability to consider past games was showcased during an April >computer chess tournament in Spain." > >© MMI The Associated Press > >The full article is here : >http://cbsnews.com/now/story/0%2C1597%2C304413-412%2C00.shtml "Deep Fritz is an upgraded version of Deep Blue, which beat Gary Kasparov in 1997. It can apparently visualize 4,000,000 moves a second. However, Kramnik has a few advantages in this match-he will be able to access the computer's previous games and rest every six hours. And Deep Fritz will not be reprogrammed after every game." copyright 2000, Britannica.com India Private Limited The entire article can be found in : http://www.britannicaindia.com/nic.asp?channel=kaleidoscope&NICID=1426
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