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Subject: Re: Deep Blue's openings book

Author: chandler yergin

Date: 07:21:04 11/20/02

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On November 20, 2002 at 07:35:40, Uri Blass wrote:

>On November 20, 2002 at 07:22:11, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>On November 20, 2002 at 03:29:50, Pavel Blokhine wrote:
>>
>>>What oepnings book Deep Blue used against Gary Kasparov and how many games it
>>>had? Does anybody knows? In the sixth and last game, Deep Blue used a knight
>>>sacrifice that few programs will have considered or made. And it made some very
>>>human like moves all troughout the 6 matchs so may be Gary Kasparov was right on
>>>his hints that there may have been some cheating from the IBM team.
>>
>>The knight sacrifice seemed to catch Kasparov off guard.  You are right most
>>proframs are either told to back up the knight or would not make it on their
>>own.
>
>Deeper blue also made it out of it's book.
>I do not think that deep blue was going to make it on his own.
I just finished Feng-Hsiung Hsu's book "Behind Deep Blue". Very interesting
and well written. I believe it will answer many of your questions.
>
>  After the game, almost everyone said that the h6 by Kasparov was a
>>mistake.  Obviously he played it in anticipation that DB would back up the
>>knight (because Fritz always backed up the knight).
>
>I think that the reason that he expected it was simply because he had the
>illusion that deep blue is out of book.
>
>>
>>Some point to this game as to how faulty Kasparov's preparation was for the
>>match.  The mistakes:
>>
>>1.  He played many games against Fritz.  Fritz is no Deep Blue.  He though Deep
>>Blue would make moves like Fritz.
>
>How do you know.
>There were a lot of chess programs at that time genius,wchess,Mchess,Hiarcs.
>Why Fritz?
>
>Genius was the best program at the time of the match.
>
>>
>>2,  He tried to employed an anti-computer strategy.  He might have been better
>>off just pretending he was playing a top GM and make the moves he would normally
>>play.
>>
>>The concept that DB and their team cheated is ludicrous.  One it would involve
>>many people - people that have gone their separate ways since the match.
>>Somebody would talk about it.  Two, that would not be in IBM's best interest -
>>after all they make computers!
>
>I agree about the first reason.
>I do not agree about the second.
>
>The fact that they make computers is not a reason for IBM not to cheat.
>
>Uri



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