Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 04:57:26 10/08/02
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On October 08, 2002 at 01:02:22, Jouni Uski wrote: >At first look the book seems to be a big disappointment: no circuit diagrams, >no game logs, no formulas, not even game scores (except appendix). But still >it was very interesting reading! Finally You get inside look what really >happened in Chiptest/Deep Though/Deep Blue development between 1985 and 1997. > >E.g. one thing I haven't previously heard is conflict with Hitech project at >Carnegie Mellon university: in Deep Though there was even some code direct from >Hitech (but without Hsu's knowledge) - later it was totally removed. >Also interesting is read, that e.p. move has totally taken almost half of year >of Hsu's time to fix - he don't like that move... >The famous 10-0 against best commercial programs by ONE SLOWED DOWN Deep Blue >chip is explained as well (without games) - they used in 1997 match 480 of them. > >And all he gets after 12 years of very hard work in New York match is ruining >from Kasparov and as after game 5 "the crowd booed us". :-( > >Finally in the end of book is also comment about this year Kramnik match. This >is direct quote: "Wladimir should win the match easily". > >Jouni Hsu seems incapable of getting to the painful truth that he missed the chance to develop a clear mode for documentation 12 years ago. That seems unfair, injust, but we must expect that from a scientist. So, that is why the moment of his greatest success couldn't satisfy. Too many white areas in the map... Rolf Tueschen
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