Author: Joe McCarro
Date: 13:11:55 08/07/02
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On August 07, 2002 at 08:43:11, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: >On August 07, 2002 at 08:01:27, Jonas Cohonas wrote: > >>On August 07, 2002 at 07:25:51, Jouni Uski wrote: >> >>>Is there a hacker at site????? >>> >>>Jouni >> >>Well have a look at chessbase: >>http://www.chessbase.com/columns/column.asp?pid=145 >> >>Jonas > An interesting quote: > > "When I talked to him about the event, Kasparov repeatedly emphasized > that unlike the second Deep Blue match, science will be served in > Jerusalem. IBM's secretive behavior frustrated the computer and chess > communities and fueled accusations of everything from unsportsmanlike behavior > to outright cheating and the controversies rage on even five years later. >While both sides clearly want to win this match, FIDE would like to make this >an annual event that will promote the science behind the moves as well. The >presence of computer chess guru and gadfly David Levy will no doubt assist in >this endeavor." That was an unfortunate comment. IBM decides to spend millions on computer chess research, and millions for a prize fund and marketing of the chess match and their thanks is to be called cheaters! Gee why doesn't anyone want to get involved sponsoring chess?
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