Author: Albert Silver
Date: 17:47:24 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
They were published on the IBM website a little over 3 years ago.
http://www.research.ibm.com/deepblue/watch/html/c.html
Click on Game Logs (full or cleaned)
Albert
> 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.
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