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From: "T. Colin Mack" <colin@bug.co.jp>
Subject: Re: Computer scores historic chess win over Kasparov
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Jeff Gerke wrote:
> 
> >>PHILADELPHIA- IBM chess computer Deep Blue made chess history Saturday
> >>when it defeated world champion Garry Kasparov...
>
> Wow. This isn't just chess history. In my opinion it's a turning point
> in human history. 

Well, maybe not yet. Of the first five games in the match, Big Blue won
1, Kasparov 2, and they've had 2 draws.  Still, pretty impressive.

> What is Deep Blue? An expert system, I presume. Anyone have details?

It's some massively parallel nightmare system put together by IBM, apparently
based on their RS6000. I haven't heard much about the software, though.
There's a whole WWW setup including live coverage during games. I saw it
today but didn't save the URL. It was within IBM, though, so if you start
from http://www.ibm.com you should be able to track it down.

-Colin
