Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 16:47:52 01/26/03
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On January 26, 2003 at 19:44:40, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >Unlike the boring anti-computer display of Kramnik in Bahrain, or the nervous >play of Kasparov against Deep Blue (and its unidentified real-time seconds), >today Kasparov played his real chess against the world computer chess champion, >and proved that humans are still *far* stronger than computers. > (1) This was a fine win by Kasparov, and very instructive. (2) Kasparov is hardly typical of humans. He's not even typical of GMs. (3) The opening was critical here. >Some commentators didn't stop saying how weak Junior is and that Deep Blue was >stronger. But as GM Yasser Seirawan said: "You can't say Junior played badly. >This was just what Garry has been doing to humans for 18 years". > >And a quote from Kasparov: "Our only chance to dominate is to play normal >chess". > >Omid. I don't think it's sensible to draw too many conclusions based on one game. Andrew
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