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Subject: Re: Kasparov finally admitted DJ is stronger than Deeper Blue !

Author: Pavel Blokhine

Date: 17:17:12 02/13/03

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On February 13, 2003 at 17:28:42, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On February 13, 2003 at 17:21:20, Otello Gnaramori wrote:
>
>>And from the same source :
>>"In 1997, when IBM terminated the Deep Blue project, the computer-chess field
>>was left to talented enthusiasts. In the past five and a half years, new
>>programming techniques have combined with superior chess knowledge to create a
>>quality of machine chess that is far superior to that of Deep Blue."
>>
>>
>>w.b.r.
>>Otello
>
>
>Unfortunately, because Deep Blue's records were never made public it is quite
>useless to discuss the strength of Deep Blue vis-à-vis the strength of Deep
>Junior. IBM said Deep Blue crushed other programs, but what value are these
>statements without records?
>
>Yes, Deep Blue was 100 times faster, but so what? Sheer power means little in
>chess because it is a mathematically near-infinite game. The only way to measure
>the strength of a chess-playing computer is to analyze its moves. While putting
>Deep Blue's six games to the test with current top programs -- Deep Junior and
>Deep Fritz -- we discovered that they consistently play better than Deep Blue
>
>Yes, this is the only GM that can make this claim, NOT Kramnik, since Kramnik
>din't play against Deeper Blue.
>
>Pichard.


Pichard,

Once again it's Deep Blue, not Deeper Blue as you're so persistant to write.
Even Kasparov who, like you said has a doctorate in chess, referred to it as
Deep Blue. So where do you get the Deeper from?



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