Kasparov against Deep Junior – NY 2003 Part 2

At the press conference, Garry was excited and now had become very confident by the result of his new strategy and his performance. Our programmers, Shay Bushinsky and Amir Ban were startled and shocked by Garry’s successful play. Amir said - “If Kasparov does as well in every game, Junior has no chance.”   I have worked with Kasparov and am very familiar [...]

Kasparov against Deep Junior – NY 2003 Part 1

A special thanks to Harvey Mandell and Aviv Friedman  who have contributed to this lecture.  Introduction: Over the last decade, computer programmers with grandmaster guidance have brought computers to the stage where  they beat grandmasters. One of the best programs is the Israeli developed ”Deep Junior” three time and current world computer champion.   Junior’s programmers Shay [...]