Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: Deep Blue and the

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 17:02:26 11/11/98

Go up one level in this thread



On November 11, 1998 at 09:58:13, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>1.  DB didn't lose to fritz.  A processor two versions prior to the final DB
>lost one game to Fritz, in Hong Kong.  Not Deep Blue v1, not Deep Blue v2,
>but deep thought hardware running the eventual deep blue software on the
>SP machine.  This was called "DB prototype".  You know that.  I know that.
>Most *everyone* knows that.  Yet Shay writes "Deep Blue lost to ..."  That is
>*wrong*.  More on the "dishonest" word in a moment...

It was originally called "Deep Blue Prototype".  But they changed the name at
the last minute, so they referred to themselves during this tournament as "Deep
Thought II".

bruce



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.