Author: Mark Young
Date: 23:28:30 11/10/98
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On November 11, 1998 at 02:10:16, odell hall wrote: >Hi CCC > > Many may notice two post with this same title, It is because I accidently >pushed the submit follow up button, while trying to find the text that I wanted >to quote from another post. Anyway as I was saying in the other post, A short >while ago Amir ban posted a letter which I thought was very interesting her's >the text. > > It so happens I have a draft Shay sent me of an article he's writing for some >purpose, in which, in passing, he reviews the Deep-Blue affair. Here's the >quote: > > ... > Indeed, in May 1997, an IBM "monster" named Deep-Blue managed to >beat Gary Kasparov, the reigning human world champion, in a six-game match >3.5-2.5. IBM cleaned up, achieving an amazing financial gain: > 1. Its stock jumped up 20% > 2. It had planted the notion of supremacy in computing > 3. Its sales of super computers grew as it branded the name "Deep Blue" >in its product line. > By refusing to play a revenge match and dismantling the Deep Blue >project, IBM ensured that its result would be perceived as an ultimate proof >of supremacy and prolonged the public relations effect to the maximum. >Kasparov, shattered by his loss, has never played a computer since then. > A few facts regarding computers and the game of chess can cast some >doubt about Deep-Blue's true strength. Few people know, for instance, >that prior to its game against Kasparov, Deep-Blue with all its calculative >might, was not even the official world computer champion. > It lost this title, lo and behold, to a PC program named 'Fritz', from >Germany, that managed to defeat it at the official world computer >championships held in Hong-Kong 1995. > Since then, the IBM team carefully avoided any more "embarrassments" >and did not confront any other computer programs officially. In fact, it >reduced its opponent field to just one person - Gary Kasparov. > ... > >Amir > > > > > The part that amused me is when it says that Garry Kasparov has not played >any computer programs since his defeat by deepblue! Wow! and this is the guy >that Patrick Wolf claimed is the Greatest Competitor in the history of the Game >of chess! I guess he no longer feels the urge to defend mankind, having let the >whole human race down in newyork. Actually this quote by Amir also in my mind >explains in a way why garry kasparov stormed of Icc when he suspected someone of >using a computer to make their moves during a simul. Garry has a deep seated >psychosis when it comes to computer chess , I guess the defeat was much more >damaging to his ego then I first expected. Yes I also think it was damaging to his ego, but this is not new with grandmasters, many have ducked playing people(computers) that they think they may not be able to beat. (I think Garry would win, if he gave it another go playing Deep Blue) Has GM Anand played anymore computer programs of anykind since his loss to Rebel 10? If not will he ever play computers again?
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