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Subject: Re: Is Deep Blue still considered better than Deep Junior ?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:38:19 08/18/02

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On August 18, 2002 at 09:06:02, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>   Kasparov proved that he can defeat programs at fast time controls when he
>defeated Deep Thought in a game/90 two games match in 1989. This program was
>weaker than Deep Junior is today,

How would you figure that?  Deep Thought produced a 2650 rating over 25
consecutive 40/2hr games against GM players.  Anybody else done that yet?
Not that I have seen.


> as it searched well over 2,000,000 NPS, but
>didn't have as much chess knowledge as Deep Junior.  He also defeated Deep Blue
>in 1996. This program is obviously much faster than Deep Junior is today, but in
>my opinion Deep Junior still has more chess knowledge than Deep Blue had back in
>1996.
>

Opinions are free, of course.  :)  Doesn't make 'em true, however.



>PS: It is hard to compare Deep Blue of 1997 vs Deep Junior of today, but in my
>opinion Deep Junior Chess Knowledge could make up for the difference of Deep
>Blue super calculating power of 1997.
>
>Pichard.



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