Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:41:41 04/30/05
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On April 29, 2005 at 07:35:02, chandler yergin wrote: >On April 28, 2005 at 12:19:58, chandler yergin wrote: > >>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.. > >Apparently not! Someone has some explaining to do! > > >> >>Congratulations to the winners! > >Question: >The second stage Prize, as noted was 'awarded' to deep thought in the 1990's. > >The Rules were that it was to be awarded to 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. > >This is the Performance record of Deep Thought: No, this is way beyond incomplete... DT played well beyond 30 games at least, probably closer to 50... And "training games" do not count. Only games played in either tournaments or official matches that are played according to USCF/FIDE match rules. > >page 1 of 1; 24 games > >Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening >1. Alburt vs Deep Thought 1-0 61 1988 10, USA op-Boston D25 Queen's Gambit >Accepted >2. Deep Thought vs Browne 0-1 36 1988 Software Toolworks Ch Pittsburgh PA USA >B22 Sicilian, Alapin >3. Igor Ivanov vs Deep Thought 1/2-1/2 44 1988 Ohio A22 English >4. Deep Thought vs Igor Ivanov 1-0 29 1988 Long Beach Californ B01 Scandinavian >5. E Trice vs Deep Thought 1-0 20 1989 Training game B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange >6. Deep Thought vs M Valvo 0-1 48 1989 cr C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer >Counter Gambit >7. Deep Thought vs K Spraggett 1/2-1/2 48 1989 Edmonton D01 Richter-Veresov >Attack >8. Miles vs Deep Thought 0-1 38 1989 Long Beach D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted >9. Kasparov vs Deep Thought 1-0 37 1989 New York D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted >10. Deep Thought vs Alburt 0-1 40 1989 1st Harvard Cup 3 G/ B03 Alekhine's >Defense >11. Larsen vs Deep Thought 0-1 43 1989 Long Beach A00 Uncommon Opening >12. Gulko vs Deep Thought 1-0 29 1989 1st Harvard Cup 1 G/ A00 Uncommon Opening >13. Deep Thought vs Kasparov 0-1 52 1989 New York B22 Sicilian, Alapin >14. Karpov vs Deep Thought 1-0 65 1990 Harvard ,CBM 17 B12 Caro-Kann Defense >15. Deep Thought vs Bronstein 1-0 22 1992 Game in 15' C31 King's Gambit >Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit >16. Bronstein vs Deep Thought 1-0 25 1992 New York B20 Sicilian >17. Deep Thought vs Bronstein 1-0 21 1992 Nevada C39 King's Gambit Accepted >18. Deep Thought vs Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 48 1993 03, 6/93 ICS Heid C08 >French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed >19. Joel Benjamin vs Deep Thought 0-1 64 1993 02, 6/93 ICS Heid C69 Ruy Lopez, >Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 >20. Joel Benjamin vs Deep Thought 0-1 39 1993 06, 6/93 ICS Heid C80 Ruy Lopez, >Open >21. Deep Thought vs Joel Benjamin 1-0 53 1993 01, 6/93-53 ICS Heid B46 >Sicilian, Taimanov Variation >22. Deep Thought vs Joel Benjamin 1-0 43 1993 05, 6/93 ICS Heid B06 Robatsch >23. Joel Benjamin vs Deep Thought 1-0 41 1993 04, 6/93-55 ICS Heid D35 Queen's >Gambit Declined >24. Deep Thought vs Zarkov 1-0 41 1994 24th ACM Computer Chess Champi C39 >King's Gambit Accepted > > page 1 of 1; 24 games > > >Obviously, Deep Thought did not even come close to meeting the Rules >for any Prize! This is outrageous.
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