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Subject: Re: DB doesn't exist

Author: Pete R.

Date: 15:42:21 01/14/00

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On January 14, 2000 at 18:04:53, Amir Ban wrote:

>>That is his choice to do, of course.  But _he_ knows that Hsu was "Deep Blue".
>
>I think Kasparov would know who Hsu is, but only if you refresh his memory. I'm
>pretty sure Kasparov doesn't think of Hsu as the man who beat him, or that he
>was "Deep Blue". On the other hand I noticed he's not likely to forget C.J.Tan
>or Benjamin. It's pretty clear from his statements that he considered himself
>beaten by the full weight of IBM Corporation, and that is Deep Blue for him.

This is most likely correct, come to think of it.  Kasparov came to the belief
that he was playing a whole host of top GMs during the Kasparov vs. The World
game, whereas in reality the bulk of analysis for the world team was done by
Irina Krush and her trainers, two IMs on the world bulletin boards, and
contributions from amateurs using computers.  But due to his natural ego I think
he is inclined to build up his adversary.  So rather than believe that one man
can design a chip and create a machine to beat him, it is much more satisfying
to believe that it takes the power of one of the world's largest corporations to
handle him.



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