Kasparov's advantages are his intuition, judgement and experience." During the initial game on Saturday afternoon, the world champion complained that the lines on the chessboard were skewed. "Deep Blue does not mimic human thought - it reaches the same end by different means. "Kasparov has a deep understanding of the game which is entirely different from Deep Blue's," Levy said. "If it makes an error at all, it will only become clear later on in the game." According to international chess master David Levy, Kasparov will be forced to gain advantage though different means. "There is no psychology at work." "Deep Blue will never make an obvious tactical error or an error with short-term consequences," explained Campbell. "Computers do not become tired or distracted," Murray Campbell said. Though most experts predicted that Kasparov would dominate the match, an IBM research scientist said the computer has several key advantages, including its ability to make 200 million moves each second. The match is scheduled to coincide with several other technology projects throughout the week, including the re-starting of ENIAC, a high school chess tournament and a convention on Internet chess tournaments. The "Chess Challenge," sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery, is being fought at the downtown Pennsylvania Convention Center, with $400,000 going to the man - or computer - left standing at the close of this week.
#Deep blue chess champion series
At yesterday's event, computers, technology and chess clashed with the human mind in the third battle of a six-game series between Kasparov and IBM's Deep Blue, a computer specifically designed to beat him. Each side of the battle continued contemplating and maneuvering for three hours until the blank stare of Kasparov's equalizer flickered and - shut off.
#Deep blue chess champion crack
With both hands firmly pressed to his brow, the 32-year-old Russian known as "the immovable object" failed to crack his "square" opposition. The seconds ticking away seemed like years to the anguished Kasparov. Reigning world chess champion Garry Kasparov grimaced across the table at his new, unfamiliar opponent.