Author: Keith Ian Price
Date: 13:48:30 08/07/02
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On August 07, 2002 at 16:11:55, Joe McCarro wrote: >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? IBM got way more advertising impressions out of those matches than they could have bought with 10 times the money spent on everything. They don't care that a small bunch of CC fanatics call them cheaters, as it makes little impression in the minds of "the public", who are convinced Kaspy was trounced soundly. While I don't think they cheated, I think they took every advantage they could. No computer can, even today, go through the normal cycle of challengers for the right to play the world champion, and then have a decent 10-game match over three weeks for the championship and win without changing the program to hide its weaknesses that would be observed in its play in the challenge rounds. I don't even think it would win the right to challenge. When real championships are on the line, GMs play with more intensity. kp
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