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Subject: Re: Robert question

Author: Bo Persson

Date: 05:04:41 07/01/05

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On June 30, 2005 at 05:26:51, Madhavan wrote:

>Are you implying Deep Blue did solve the game of chess?

No, but IBM sure does!  :-)

They have already beaten the world champion, probably the strongest player ever.

Now what? Beat him again (yawn) or lose the rematch (catastrophe!)? Or play
against someone weaker and win (double-yawn) or lose that match (and the PR guys
sure to get fired)?


Why not quit while you're ahead? They did!


>What happened to Deep Blue?IBM had lost interest in chess years back?issit?

The special chess boards are supposedly stored in their boxes in a closet. The
rest of the computer was delivered to its customer. According to Hsu, the match
replaced the usual burn-in test performed on new machines! That was their chance
to get access to the latest and greatest.


>Chess is solved by Deep Blue doesnt stand true,as there will never be a computer
>to solve chess,Hydra still makes minor mistakes in its evaluation,Deep Blue has
>made a heck lot of mistakes against kasparov,when did DB nearly solve he
>game?Did it play against any other program?Who is the programmer?

Who said it was true? This is IBM's marketing department talking. Since when
does truth and marketing have anything in common?


Bo Persson



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