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Subject: Re: Xie Jun vs. Junior match

Author: Tina Long

Date: 18:35:13 02/02/00

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On February 01, 2000 at 13:15:14, Walter Koroljow wrote:

>On February 01, 2000 at 11:20:04, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>On February 01, 2000 at 09:45:27, Walter Koroljow wrote:
>>
>>>I noticed this at clubkasparov.com under coming events.  Hope this is not old
>>>news:
>>>
>>>
>>>Who is better, the Human or the Machine?
>>>
>>>*Get ready for the unique test: Xie Jun, the women's world champion, will play a
>>>six-round match against Deep Junior at regulation time controls!
>>>
>>>*Total prizes: 9200$!
>>>
>>>*You can win prizes! Just guess the next "Human" move.
>>>
>>>**Event starts March 8, 2000
>>>
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>
>>>Walter
>>
>>Fantastic! Will Deep Junior be running on Club Kasparov's Quad Xeon 500? This
>>will be very interesting! Also, I think this runs at the same time as the
>>Linares tournament, doesn't it? I wonder if there's any chance we can see this
>>relayed at ICC.
>>
>>                                     Albert Silver
>
>I don't know any more than you do.  But I agree that it is fantastic!  We are
>lucky to be living when such matches make sense.
>
>Cheers,

It is indeed a wonderful period just now when the results are reasonably
unpredictable.

This is a brave move by Deep Junior, A no-win situation in a place like this
forum:

Junior Wins:  "but this was only a girl it has beaten"
Junior Loses: "to a girl!!!"

I am going to back the "girl", but I won't be betting.

Tina Long
>
>Walter



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