Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 07:36:10 01/26/02
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On January 25, 2002 at 22:34:33, Tina Long wrote: >"Man vs Machine Competition: For the first time since Garry Kasparov >spectacularly lost to IBM's Deep Blue in 1997 the World Champion Vladimir >Kramnik will play the world's best chess program Deep Fritz, for a $1m prize >fund. The "Brains in Bahrain" tournament will take place in October 2002, in the >Meridien Hotel, Bahrain, under the patronage of the Emir of Bahrain and Bahrain >Government Youth and Sports Organisation. > >http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/event/wijk2002/einsteinpr.html" The Emir appears to be a patient man given that he's the one forking out the cash. >And what if by October 2002 Deep Fritz has been shown to be not "the world's >best chess program"? This will, after all, be some 18 months after Deep Fritz >beat Deep Junior. That was never demonstrated in the first place, so why would they bother reestablishing that "fact" now? >Any Deep Tiggers in the pipeline? Good question. Though not relevant to the question of this particular "Man vs. Machine" contest. OTOH you never really know what could happen. A complete cancellation doesn't seem impossible and then... Regards, Mogens
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