IBM Deep Blue
Jens Palsberg
IBM announces that the worlds strongest chess computer
"IBM Deep Blue" will be presented to the world
in Copenhagen, Denmark, in February 24-27, 1993.
The major attraction is a four-games match between
"IBM Deep Blue" and danish GM Bent Larsen.
The games will be played daily 11-17.
(The above is _not_ a quote, merely my brief summary of an article
and an IBM advertisement).
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Jens Palsberg
Computer Science Department, Aarhus University,
Ny Munkegade, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Feng-Hsiung Hsu
>From the danish national chess magazine "Skakbladet" (12, 1992):
> "IBM Deep Blue" and danish GM Bent Larsen.
> The games will be played daily 11-17.
There is a little misunderstanding here. The machine playing is not
really the final Deep Blue, but Deep Thought II runing the Deep Blue
preliminary software/search algorithms. There are three stages of development
for Deep Blue: the software simulation on DT II (Deep Blue Simulation), the
preliminary version on a prototype 10-processor machine (Baby Deep Blue), and
the final 1024-processor machine (Deep Blue). Only the first stage machine
will be ready for the match. The main difference between Deep Blue Simulation
and DT 2 is the introduction of new search extensions algorithms. The
Deep Blue technical presentation itself will be mainly on the new Deep Blue
custom VLSI single-chip chess machine.
As for the match itself, I am not sure whether it is a 3-game or a 4-game
match. The machine is supposed to play against Swedish GM Andersson or
Cramling on alternate days as well.
--Hsu
Chris Schumacher
How about some projections on when each stage of IBM Deep Blue will be
operational and playing in the public eye?
Kirk Gunsallus
description of deep thought development machines ... deleted
>
>As for the match itself, I am not sure whether it is a 3-game or a 4-game
>match. The machine is supposed to play against Swedish GM Andersson or
>Cramling on alternate days as well.
> --Hsu
won't fatigue be a problem playing this much??
>
>
Johannes Fuernkranz
>>From the danish national chess magazine "Skakbladet" (12, 1992):
>> The major attraction is a four-games match between
>> "IBM Deep Blue" and danish GM Bent Larsen.
>> The games will be played daily 11-17.
>
>There is a little misunderstanding here. The machine playing is not
>really the final Deep Blue, but Deep Thought II runing the Deep Blue
>preliminary software/search algorithms. There are three stages of development
>for Deep Blue: the software simulation on DT II (Deep Blue Simulation), the
>preliminary version on a prototype 10-processor machine (Baby Deep Blue), and
>the final 1024-processor machine (Deep Blue). Only the first stage machine
>will be ready for the match. The main difference between Deep Blue Simulation
>and DT 2 is the introduction of new search extensions algorithms. The
>Deep Blue technical presentation itself will be mainly on the new Deep Blue
>custom VLSI single-chip chess machine.
Has there been a match between Dt2 and Deep Blue Simulation?
Juffi
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