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Subject: Re: Xie Jun vs. Junior match

Author: Alvaro Polo

Date: 04:57:21 02/03/00

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On February 02, 2000 at 21:35:13, Tina Long wrote:

>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

On the same grounds, you could say that Kasparov is only a man.

My opinion is that Xie has chances to win, because this "girl" seems to be more
prudent than Judit was when faced to Fritz, and she will prepare. To be careful
seems to me very chinese, I don't know why.

Alvaro

>>
>>Walter



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