Kasparov, brilliant at chess as he was, prob. was a whiner.
Why else would someone who believed he was the best player be intimidated by
such a possibility of computers being supported by other players.
It's a contradiction.
The move b3 (do I recall this correctly?) was unexpected back then, but many
engines nowadays will consider it the best move.
At some point engines were bound to overtake humans in logica.
"Martin Brown" schreef in bericht
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LSD wrote:
I watch this movie tonight, sort of, while I was working on something.

I found it interesting..and was shocked to hear Kasparov say he was
cheated.

Anyone got strong (or better still, informed) opinions about this. Did
the Deep Blue team cheat and have grandmasters available to kill off
errant candidate moves for DB when Kasparov got tricky, or is Kasparov a
whiner who needs to make excuses when he loses?

Personally I like Kasparov (he will make a good politician), and I
dislike cheaters...but I can't believe those computer scientists would
cheat.

I don't think they cheated at all. They played all out to win the match -
different matter entirely.

There is a pretty good book by the chip designer Feng-Hsiung Hsu called
"Behind Deep Blue" that describes the trials and tribulations of the Deep
Blue design team from their very earliest efforts at MIT.

Regards,
Martin Brown