The 1st "Man vs. Machine" World Championship came to a end on yesterday and ended in a 3-3 draw. GM Garry Kasparov, the world's #1 player for the last 18 years took on Deep Junior, the world's strongest chess program for personal computers. The silicon behemoth was built by Israeli programmers, Amir Ban and Shay Bushinsky.
Explains what Deep Blue "saw" when it played several moves that Kasparov could not understand in Game 2 of the Rematch. Written by a chess-playing computer scientist who concentrates on the technical side of the story. Appendices include all of Deep Blue's games, as well as those played by the program's earlier versions
World Chess champion Garry Kasparov barely acknowledges the handshake from Dr. C.J. Tan head of the IBM Deep Blue computer team which defeated Kasparov in the six-game series that ended on May 11
He said that IBM got a Russian speaking security to relay a conversation Kasparov had after a game with a coach. Considering IBM was willing to spy, it seems reasonable to suspect IBM spied on opening prep). Had the game been played a week earlier, Deep Blue would have fallen for Kasparov's dubious Caro Kann opening trap.
Here is an excerpt from Garry Kasparov recent book "Deep Thinking" (Chapter 10): Thanks to the honesty of Miguel Illescas [chess player who worked for IBM], we do know that IBM was willing to push the boundaries of ethical behaviour to improve Deep Blue’s chances in any way. In his 2009 “New In Chess” interview, he shared this remarkable Uhmbxds. 107109365864106844873871
