Author: Amir Ban
Date: 15:58:43 01/14/00
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On January 14, 2000 at 18:42:21, Pete R. wrote: >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. In this case, I would agree with him. Amir
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