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Subject: Re: IBM hired the wrong people because it won?

Author: KarinsDad

Date: 11:29:18 01/13/99

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On January 13, 1999 at 12:21:28, Graham Laight wrote:

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>On January 12, 1999 at 09:23:06, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>

[snip]

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>>That's all I said.  With no idea of how probable it is that this actually
>>happened.  But in light of the above, you'd have to agree that it is certainly
>>not an impossible scenario?
>
>OK - it's not impossible.
>
>But if it is true, then I don't know what sequence of moves Gary was expecting.
>
>As the game progressed towards conclusion at move 19, it is said that Gary sat
>there looking more and more upset.

I'd be upset too if I thought a computer couldn't beat me (in a full match) and
in the last round, I couldn't find a way to beat it and not lose the tournament.

>
>>I've done this against computers.  At USM we used to have monthly chess club
>>tournaments, and when we had an odd number, we would slip in a computer, like
>>the Novag supercon or whatever.  And I generally won these games because I'd
>>do just such planning.  :)



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