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Subject: Re: Video of Deep Blue at Chessbase

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 19:11:17 05/29/02

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On May 25, 2002 at 23:22:44, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On May 25, 2002 at 11:37:14, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>On May 24, 2002 at 21:24:38, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>Article about deep blue. June 2001, written by Murray Campbell,
>>Feng Hsiu Hsu and Hoane.
>>
>>  "the opening book was written by GM Joel Benjamin with
>>   assistence of Nick de Firmian and John Fedorowicz and
>>   Miguel Illescas. The book consisted of about 4000 positions
>>   and every position had been checked by Deep Blue in
>>   overnight runs."
>>
>>behind that there was an automatic generated book consisting
>>out of 700000 PGN games.
>>
>>So so i conclude 4000 hand given in moves. That's pretty little
>>for a tournament book, but was very common in 1997.
>
>I conclude several million moves, with 4000 specially selected moves in
>key positions...  This is the way they always did their book.  It is the
>same way we always did our book too.  Play a "big book move" unless there
>is a "guidance move" that overrides that.

4000 hand-entered moves (absolute priority -- play this!)

The "extended book" feature used the ton of prior GM games.

>>So Nxe6 was NOT given in by a GM obviously. Chance is zero
>>it was in tournament book. 4000 hand given in moves is
>>real little and for sure didn't have a weird and stupid
>>Caro-Kann line inside it (apart from that Kasparov never
>>plays caro-kann also that he would play h6?? is unlikely).
>>
>>So Nxe6 came out of automatic generated PGN, and was NOT given
>>in by any GM.
>
>I agree...

I asked once and was told that Nxe6 was the last hard-coded move in that line.
DB did play a couple more moves quickly, based on the extended book.  I can't
remember which team member told me that.

Dave



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