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Subject: Re: Deep Blue's openings book

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 07:59:29 11/20/02

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On November 20, 2002 at 10:51:42, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>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.
>>
>>  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.
>
>Common knowledge.  He said so.  Friedel said so...  etc...
>
>
>
>>There were a lot of chess programs at that time genius,wchess,Mchess,Hiarcs.
>>Why Fritz?
>
>ChessBase.  Need I say more?
>
>
>>
>>Genius was the best program at the time of the match.
>
>
>In 1997?  Not even close...


I mean the best commercial.

I believe that Fritz5 came only later to top the ssdf nut I may be wrong.
The question is if Fritz5 was available at the time of the match.

I remember that Fritz5 failed in a tournament in paris half year after the
match.

I do not know when Fritz5 got to the top of the ssdf in the first time but I
believe that it was only after the match.

There were some commercial programs at similiar strength to Genius at the time
of the match but I believe that not more than it.

Uri



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