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Subject: Re: DeepBlue will play simultaneous vs Anand, Kramnik and Kasparov

Author: Matthias Hartwich

Date: 00:37:10 04/01/03

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On April 01, 2003 at 03:33:00, Harald Faber wrote:

No, I didn't look to Chessbase. I just saw your Message.

I don't know the common term for "Aprilscherz" in English.

Matthias



>On April 01, 2003 at 03:27:23, Matthias Hartwich wrote:
>
>>On April 01, 2003 at 03:25:12, Harald Faber wrote:
>>
>>Very nice!
>>
>>It is the "First of April"-Joke for me today. :-)
>>
>>Matthias
>
>So you didn't look at the ChessBase site then. ;-)
>Was it so obvious? ;-)
>And isn't it called "April's fool" or so? Am not sure...
>
>>>Sensation!
>>>Based on a private secret email I can tell that DeepBlue gets re-animated again
>>>for a millennium battle vs. Anand, Kramnik and Kasparov. DB will play
>>>simultaneously against the three in November. DB will play 6 rounds in
>>>tournament-like time control g/180. No re-match option. The winner of this
>>>battle will be called "All-time Hero". Price fund is 1,000,000 ZKT for each
>>>player in case of win, nothing for draw or loss. Sponsors want to stay secret
>>>until the match will officially be announced.
>>>Let's hope the best that the humans win the title back. :-)



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