Author: Vine Smith
Date: 02:17:59 04/10/02
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On April 09, 2002 at 17:49:09, Steve wrote: >On April 09, 2002 at 13:52:05, Eduard Nemeth wrote: > >>I do not belive that Fritz 7 is stronger than Deep Blue! >> >>Eduard > >I doubt that Kramnik believes it either. Give the poor guy a break; he's trying >to hype his match. What's he supposed to say: "I'm ranked behind Kasparov, >lack his charisma, and I'm playing a much weaker program than he did"? How long is the phantom of Deep(er) Blue going to continue to haunt this message board? Apparently, even the opinion of a super GM (who in my opinion is not the kind of person to indulge in commercial hype) does not count in this debate. Neither do the many examples posted here of current programs (not even the very strongest ones, sometimes) finding better moves than DB in the match versus Kasparov, which is practically the only praxis available for the final version. Nor do the many triumphs of current programs over GMs, which are always excused or dismissed for one reason or another. Nobody can even figure out exactly what the DB log files mean, whether it was searching 11 ply or 17 ply or something in between, because the whole thing is substantially undocumented by the DB team (Dr. Hyatt refers to a private e-mail from Hsu when offering "proof" of DB's search depth). Meanwhile, DB's specter floats about proclaiming itself the all-time champion without playing a single move since 1997. Even its victory over Kasparov is suspicious. Kasparov himself claimed to have forgotten Caro-Kann theory in the final game, but it is strange that we see no other examples of his theoretical blunders at move 7 (in an opening he once wrote a book about!). Maybe he also forgot to tie his shoes and zip his pants that day. Others have surmised that it was a misguided anti-computer idea, that Kasparov must have thought DB would not find 8.Nxe6, but who can believe that he would be so ignorant as to overlook that the book would guide DB through the sacrifice? I'm soooo looking forward to the Fischer - Deeper Blue match; who's interested in merely Kramnik vs. Fritz? Vine Smith
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