Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:04:51 01/14/00
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On January 14, 2000 at 06:43:27, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >On January 14, 2000 at 06:39:02, Alvaro Polo wrote: > >>On January 14, 2000 at 06:36:05, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >> >>>On January 14, 2000 at 06:21:04, Alvaro Polo wrote: >>> >>>>It is my opinion that Kasparov should play Deep Blue. >>> >>>This is off track. Kasparov always wanted the rematch, but IBM dismantled Deep >>>Blue. Hsu's new machine is not Deep Blue. >> >>Ok, Enrique. Deep Blue does not longer exists. But what counts is perception >>more than reality, many times. > >But this is precisely the point. Hsu's new machine is not perceived as IBM's >Deep Blue by anyone except the few people in computer chess. > >Enrique I'm not sure I agree... and offer "Seymour Cray" as an example. He left CDC to design a new and faster machine. He had no problems getting financial backing as everyone _knew_ he designed the CDC 6600/Cyber 176. He left Cray Research to build the Cray-2/Cray-3. Again, he had no trouble getting financial backers. Everyone knew it was the "man" and not the "company" that came up with the design ideas. I think Hsu is exactly the same... > >> Hsu has the rights to the chip, he built Deep >>Blue, and DT before that. This is enough on the minds of people, and on my own >>mind, to consider the Deep Hsu (if you want)- Kasparov match a must. >> >>> >>>Enrique >>> >>>>Why? Because that is what >>>>the audience is interested on. If you log on ICC when there is a lecture about >>>>GK-DB you can see lots of people listening there. I would say more people that >>>>the Khalifman-Leko game or any human-human game. >>>> >>>>So the interest is there. Kasparov will find it difficult to find the money to >>>>defend his title against a human. In fact, the Kasparov-Shirov match didn't >>>>occur and probably Kasparov-Anand match won't occur. People are interested on >>>>GK-DB above any other thing and it is difficult and foolish to fight the market. >>>>Chess, except for a few years, has always been a sport with no money in. If >>>>Kasparov was WC of any other sport he would be making much more than he is right >>>>now. So, the interest is on GK-DB and Kasparov probably won't be able to fight >>>>against that. >>>> >>>>Having said this, I understand Kasparov attitude of not helping Hsu find money >>>>to fund his machine. Hsu wants to wrest the WC away from Kasparov. He shouldn't >>>>expect any help from Kasparov himself to accomplish this.
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