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Subject: Re: Watching GK on espn now...

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 18:23:44 02/07/03

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On February 07, 2003 at 19:51:09, John Merlino wrote:

>On February 07, 2003 at 19:01:46, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>>It's all a sham.  Sorry to take the minority opinion, but it is clear to me that
>>GK is building up DJ, for the sole purpose of a rematch.
>>
>>I just heard him say that DJ is the "best program that has ever existed."
>
>Additionally, if you saw the pre-recorded interview with (I think it was) Amir
>Ban, he said something like "Deep Junior was, THREE YEARS AGO, superior to Deep
>Blue" (capitalization added by yours truly for emphasis). That seems a bit
>far-fetched to me.
>
>What say you all?

I think it is ridiculous for anyone to claim that their program is far and away
the best. Look at any event where strong programs play each other. Ruffian and
Crafty, both capable of beating one another (as happened in CCT5). Fritz, Tiger,
Shredder, Junior, Chessmaster, Rebel, Hiarcs (and on, and on, and on...) are all
capable of beating one another on any given day. I'm sure that a match between
Deep Blue and <insert top chess program here> would end close to even, with wins
for both sides.



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