Author: Alvaro Polo
Date: 06:35:54 01/14/00
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On January 14, 2000 at 09:25:09, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >On January 14, 2000 at 09:02:05, Robert Hyatt 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. >>> >>>Enrique >> >> >>DB Jr is still operational. > >But I don't think this matters. For the whole world, and this is what I think >matters, DB junior is not the IBM Deep Blue that beat Kasparov. Would IBM play >DB against Kasparov Junior? If you don't want to accept that the new Hsu's chips are the logical continuation of DB and "inherit" its right to fight Kasparov a case could also be made that GK is not the same man that won the WC in 1985, or even that won his last WC some years ago. He has evolved. His brain cells aren't exactly the same as they were, he has new knowledge, etc. It is reasonable to asume that a succesor of DB made by Hsu, specially considering that it might be stronger than the original DB, keeps the interest of the people. > >Enrique > >> The DB 'chips' are in a box. It would only take >>a couple of hours to plug them in to a new SP2, another hour to restore the DB >>software. >> >>Saying "dismantled" isn't the word I would use. "Mothballed" is closer to >>the truth. Or "put it into storage". It could play, if the right opportunity >>came up. >> >> >> >> >>> >>>>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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