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Boy do they love this match!
27.01.2003 – The broadsheets, Internet sites and TV stations are full of it. The New York
Times carried two full articles – on the day after Super Bowl!! "They
love the event," says the organiser, "they love the coverage, they
love Garry, they love the result of game one." X3D
Technologies is collecting clippings of 45,000 articles that have appeared
in the last two day. We give you a tiny selection on our Man vs Machine media
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Pictures from the Big Apple
27.01.2003 – The spectacular Man vs Machine event is under way, Garry Kasparov is facing the Israeli program Deep Junior – just a few blocks away from his traumatic 1997 encounter with IBM's Deep Blue. The first days of preparation in New York were predictably hectic, with everything falling into place at the very last minute. Apparently that's how things work in the Big Apple. We bring you a first pictorial report. |
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Kasparov wins game one against computer
27.01.2003 – Deep Junior is one of the strongest programs in the world, and it was prepared
for this match by human grandmasters. But in game one in New York it ran into
a Super-Grandmaster, or something beyond that. Garry Kasparov took the bull
by the horns in a daring game which left the audience gasping. A full report
will follow, here for the moment is the game
to replay. |
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'Deep Junior is clearly better than Deep Blue'
27.01.2003 – There were enough journalists to cripple any complementary buffet in the world. In under a month, the Kasparov name and the X3D promotion team brought over 150 media representatives to the New York Athletic Club for Kasparov's first public game against a computer in almost six years. Read our report on the press conference in New York, the place to go when you want to do something grand. More. |
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Kasparov's 'fingerfehler' lets the computer off the hook
29.01.2003 – The world's strongest player Garry Kasparov dominated in the game, and he had
Deep Junior on the ropes. But suddenly a tiny inaccuracy left him with a draw
instead of a win. Shaking his head in sheer disbelief Kasparov watched the computer
sacrifice its queen and force the champion to accept a repetition of moves.
A full report will appear later, here for the moment is the game and pictures. |
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Deep Junior strikes back
30.01.2003 – Actually it was Garry Kasparov, who was dominating during most of the game. Then he let his advange slip, and just when he had resigned himself to accepting a draw he overlooked a sharp continuation which handed the game to his opponent. With this surprise victory Deep Junior has equalised and filled the entire match with new tension. How did it all happen? Here's a full illustrated report on game three. |
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Live coverage Man vs. machine game four
02.02.2003 – With the score tied at 1.5:1.5 a deeply dissatisfied Garry Kasparov (he could
have easily been leading 2:1 or more) goes into game four with the black pieces.
This is going to be a key game – either Kasparov will consolidate with
a solid draw, or he'll go for the explosive all or nothing. Live
coverage is available on many sites, live discussion with GMs at
Playchess.com. |
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What it is like to face Garry Kasparov
03.02.2003 – Amir Ban
is one of the authors of the world champion program Deep
Junior, which is playing Garry Kasparov in New York. In every second game
Amir sits across the table from Kasparov. The Israeli also has to
look after the program between the rounds. In three annotated games Amir Ban
tells us what it is like to face the
strongest player of all time. |
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Kasparov, Deep Junior draw game four
03.02.2003 – After two rest days and a devastating loss Garry Kasparov withstood considerable pressure to salvage a draw. In front of a packed audience commentators Ashley, Seirawan, Benjamin, Jennifer and Greg Shahade (picture) and Susan Polgar confessed that they had no idea what was going on. More in our illustrated round four report. |
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It's up to you, New York, New York
04.02.2003 – We've been here for a little over a week now, taking part in a gigantic event that is drawing world-wide attention. But just as overwhelming as the battle between man and machine that is being currently staged in New York is the town itself. Thank heavens there are moments of peace, islands of calm, and a lot of pleasant people to ease the tension. See it all unfold in Frederic Friedel's latest New York picture gallery. |
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Kasparov-Deep Junior draw after stunning sacrifice
06.02.2003 – Garry Kasparov was determined to win his last white game against the computer. But on move ten Deep Junior produced a stunning piece sacrifice that left its opponent reeling. It's unclear if the combination was sound, but Kasparov was not going to risk testing it over the board. He quickly forced a draw by repetition to keep the score level at 2½:2½. Read our illustrated report. |
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Kasparov vs Deep Junior ends in 3-3 draw
08.02.2003 – The final game of the epic Man vs Machine match between Garry Kasparov and Deep Junior ended today in a 3-3 tie. With millions of TV viewers watching Kasparov came out fighting, but with the black pieces he was unable to gain enough to secure a clear win. Here is a short report and the game. |
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New York in the News
09.02.2003 – The weekend editions of the broadsheets and the Internet news portals have lively stories on the Man vs Machine event between Garry Kasparov and
Deep Junior. There are reports in the New York Times (free registration
required), Wired Magazine and CNN. We have a small selection of the most interesting
articles on our Man
vs Machine media page. |
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Kasparov in CNN – it's intuition vs brute force
10.02.2003 – Soon after his match against the computer in New York Garry Kasparov was on
CNN (which called him the Michael Jordan or Wayne Gretzky of chess) talking about
his opponent Deep Junior, the distractions and stresses of the match, why the
public are fascinated by it, and how the man vs machine battle will continue.
Here's a full
transcript of the CNN interview. |
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Deep Junior Makes the Fight Worth It
13.02.2003 – "In game five of my match with Deep Junior it played an imaginative sacrifice of the type generally considered impossible for a computer player," Garry Kasparov writes in the Wall Street Journal. "It was a landmark moment for computer chess and the science and programmers behind it." In an outspoken article he praises the programmers and organisers and criticises IBM for abandoning its experiment with computer chess in 1997. More |
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Where Harry met Sally
13.02.2003 – Back at last in "old" Europe we look back nostalgically at two exciting weeks in New York, where Kasparov met Deep Junior and where we occasionally got a chance to look around a city that is bigger and more vibrant than any other in the world. In our final pictorial report we visit the Petrossian Restaurant, stroll through East Village and, yes, have exactly what she was having.
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