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Subject: Let's stop the debate/discussion.

Author: chandler yergin

Date: 09:19:58 04/28/05

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The Fredkin Prize

It was a three stage prize.  The first for the author of the first computer to
achieve a master chess rating.  Awarded to Belle in 1983.  The second for the
first program to produce a 2600 performance rating over 25 consecutive games
against grandmaster players in long (40 moves in 2 hours or slower) games.
Awarded to deep thought in the early 1990's.  The final stage was to beat the
world champion in a match.  Awarded to IBM in 1997.

  "The Computers Won" all three stages..

Congratulations to the winners!






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