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Subject: Re: A Blast from the past - Feng Hsu Let's start with the Rules

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 08:47:40 04/28/05

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On April 28, 2005 at 05:28:26, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>On April 27, 2005 at 22:19:47, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>So deep blue is the first computer chess player to beat the current world
>>champion human in a match at standard time controls.  That's "so what"...
>
>
>What match?


The matches played in 1996 and 1997.


> This was an exhibition show event.  BTW I lost a match against World
>Champion Max Euwe just by the small margin of one point only. The match was too
>short for me. Shortly before I could have psyched out Max the match was over. We
>wrote the year 1964 for the Simul. Since then I am allowed to call myself
>Vice-World-Champion. Also because time control was completely in the hands of
>the Champion. I can tell you this: it was Hell! But I survived!
>
>Regards from Rolf, Vice-World-Champion


How can you be "vice-world-champion" since you lost?  DB didn't "lose".



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