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

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 07:35:04 11/16/01

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On November 16, 2001 at 10:15:51, Mike Hood wrote:

>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.

I did not say that deeper blue was better than kasparov.

The question was when will a computer beat the world champion and
I said that it already happened.

Uri



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