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Subject: Re: Great Result for Fritz and puts to rest some questions.

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 08:56:33 10/19/02

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On October 19, 2002 at 11:23:34, Mark Young wrote:

>The match has put to rest some questions, or maybe not!
                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>1.	Do PC programs play at a GM Level? – Clearly Yes.

This hasn't been an unanswered question for some time now.

>2.	Can PC programs win against a well prepared and motivated Grand Master? –
>Yes.

What evidence do you have that Kramnik was motivated?

>4.	Was Deep Blue 1997 was much stronger then Deep Fritz and other PC programs? -
>No.

Don't even start this again. The only thing that is clear about this is that
it's not clear.

>5.	Can a PC program compete with the worlds best chess players even when it is
>for sale to the public and everyone has a chance to play against the program? –
>Yes.

Same as #1

>8.	Will it take another 10 years before anyone can have a computer that plays as
>well as Deep Blue? No.

Stop making definitive statements about Deep Blue vs. PC chess programs please.
You, like everyone else, cannot address this subject definitively.

Russell



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