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Subject: Re: DB will never play with REBEL, they simple are afraid no to do well

Author: Mark Rawlings

Date: 09:04:13 10/12/99

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On October 12, 1999 at 11:54:02, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On October 12, 1999 at 11:31:03, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>
>>On October 12, 1999 at 07:51:07, Dan Andersson wrote:
>>
>>>I dont understand why they made that statement. If they will not play again they
>>>should keep quiet. It made Feng-Hsiung Hsu and Murray Campbell smaller in my
>>>esteem, not that I think they should care. I somehow think they where
>>>misrepresented by CSS, I sure hope so.
>>>
>>>Regards DAn
>>
>>IIRC, Ed had some stuff on his web site showing Rebel and Chess Tiger beating
>>"DB" at Paderborn.  Bob told Ed basically what Campbell and Hsu said earlier,
>>right here on CCC.  Ed replied that he hadn't heard anything of the sort from
>>the DB team (which were the only people he'd buy this story from... e.g. not
>>Bob).  So now that Hsu and Campbell comment for the public record, they are
>>smaller in your esteem?  I don't get it.
>>
>>Dave
>
>Nor will you.  :)
>
>It is less about chess, and more about 'bashing deep blue'.  Which is pretty
>common, since they are clearly at the top, and everyone would like to see them
>'brought down'.
>
>There will be more DB news later, I don't think it is _nearly_ as dead as
>a few want to suggest.  Just "hide and watch" is the best advice.  And
>responding to the occasional 'troll' won't change things very much, I have
>a lot of experience in that.  :)

Can you give us any hint as to the upcoming news?  I'm guessing that they'll
announce an availability date for DB Jr??

Mark



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