Author: Uri Blass
Date: 13:40:47 08/09/02
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On August 09, 2002 at 16:33:21, Roy Eassa wrote: >On August 07, 2002 at 15:51:39, Omid David wrote: > >>On August 07, 2002 at 15:00:41, ALI MIRAFZALI wrote: >> >>>According to www.kasparovchess.com todays programmers are divided in the >>>issue if todays PC programs are better equal or worse then Deepblue.It seems >>>a lot of european programmers dont believe the 1997 Deepblue was stronger then >>>todays best PC programmers(Hyatt thinks otherwise)(We may never know).But this >>>Match could be a Step.It may depend on things like how well the Softeware >>>handles Kingside attacks in closed positions (The Dortmund version (2000) had >>>problems with this;as I remember) >> >>I have said and continue to say that humans are *far* stronger than computers, >>and Deep-Blue's win was nothing but a cheap "poker cheat" (of course this is >>open for discussion). However if Junior beats Kasparov, certainly I and many >>others who think like me, will shut up (for a while at least)! > > >They are offering to give Kasparov $700,000 to show up and lose. He's only >human and that's an awful big temptation. Why work a thousand times as hard for >an extra 14%? I think that you are wrong to assume that the only motivation that kasaprov has to win is money. I also do not think that it is extra 14%. If kasparov can beat Junior convincingly then I think that there are bigger chances that sponsors are going to pay him more for another match. Uri
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