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Subject: Re: DB doesn't exist

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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