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Subject: Re: Club Kasparov Inaugural Grand Prix

Author: Graham Laight

Date: 04:29:57 10/19/99

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On October 19, 1999 at 04:05:47, Micheal Cummings wrote:

>On October 18, 1999 at 19:44:54, Mike CastaƱuela wrote:
>
>>On October 18, 1999 at 19:27:00, Micheal Cummings wrote:
>>
>>>On October 18, 1999 at 17:12:08, KarinsDad wrote:
>>>
>>>>January 1, 2000
>>>>G60
>>>>
>>>>Garry Kasparov
>>>>Michael Adams
>>>>Yasser Seirawan
>>>>Utut Adianto
>>>>Dibyendu Barua
>>>>Nigel Short
>>>>Alexander Morozevich
>>>>Gilberto Milos
>>>>Nick DeFirmian
>>>>Loek van Wely
>>>>Jeroen Piket
>>>>Miguel Illescas
>>>>Etienne Bacrot
>>>>Deep Junior (on a four microprocessor system)
>>>>
>>>>and two other players. I don't have all of the details yet.
>>>>
>>>>Should be interesting!
>>>>
>>>>KarinsDad :)
>>>
>>>Especially with DB Jr, then we should be able to get some indication of just how
>>>strong this thing is. And if comments about beating Kasparov on a PC card will
>>>be correct.
>>>
>>>By all accounts DB Jr should beat all of these, I wonder ????
>>
>>Maybe (correct me) you're confused, because you say 'DB jr'
>>and this is Deep Junior (the PC program _without_ card),
>>the program of Amir Ban, and not that of Dr. Hsu (IBM).
>
>Oh well, I stand corrected, these days names seem to be very similar. Well in
>that case I have no interest in the tournament.

I'm surprised you had any interest anyway. Deep Blue Junior was recently
thrashed 2-0 by Rebel, I understand - in which case it could certainly not have
lived with the company of players listed above.



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