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Subject: Re: Wanted: Deep Blue vs. today's top programs recap

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 03:19:41 08/27/01

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On August 26, 2001 at 12:52:32, Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso wrote:

>On August 26, 2001 at 10:21:55, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>On August 26, 2001 at 08:19:21, David Blackman wrote:
>>
>>>Keep in mind there was a series of machines. ChipTest -> Deep Thought -> Deep
>>>Thought 2 -> Deep Blue -> Deeper Blue. They were similar in some ways, very
>>>different in others. It was Deeper Blue that finally beat Kasparov.
>>>
>>>Deeper Blue was significantly faster than Fritz running on any platform they are
>>>likely to have this year.
>>
>>I would seriously doubt that Deeper Blue would be faster than Deep Fritz is. The
>>only way to know this for certain would be, if we have a version of Deeper Blue
>>converted to run on regular P.C.  Now the key factor is not just speed, but if
>>we are going to compare programs alone; Deep Fritz, Deep Junior, Chess Tiger or
>>Shredder have more Chess Knowledge than Deeper Blue.
>>
>>Pichard.
>
>
>
>As Dr. Robert Hyatt said severeal times, "Deeper Blue is hardware".
>This means that its power comes from the those 32 + 480(chess chips) making it
>faster (hence stronger) than anything ever made to play chess.
>Maybe IBM gets tired of all that "Fritz propaganda" and decides to play against
>Fritz. That would remove any doubts about Deeper Blue strenght.
>
>Best regards,
>Alvaro Cardoso

I do not expect IBM to play against Fritz or other computers, but I think there
is a small chance they play Kramnik, Anand or another player who claims to be
world champion.
José.



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