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Subject: Re: Who predicted when will a computer beat the world Champ ?

Author: Mike Hood

Date: 07:15:51 11/16/01

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On November 16, 2001 at 08:18:51, Uri Blass wrote:

>On November 16, 2001 at 03:29:56, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>I think that Ken Thompson's prediction (2018) is the best one. In my opinion
>>progress in computer chess is going on much slower than imagined in the past.
>>When trying to learn the programs to play a more human style, new and unknown
>>weaknesses will occur. To understand chess on a top level needs too much chess
>>knowledge and especially the feeling when a given position is an exception of
>>the general rules. And such things are most difficult to learn a chess program.
>>Regards
>>Kurt
>
>
>Deeper blue already beated the world champion in 1997 so 2018 does not seem to
>be correct.
>

I think too much has been made of Deep Blue's "victory" against Kasparov. To be
fair to both sides, a WC-style 24-game championship should be held.




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