New York in the News
Feb 09, 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. 
 (From the  ChessBase  web site.) 

Kasparov in CNN – it's intuition vs. brute force
Feb. 10th, 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.  (From the  ChessBase  web site.) 

Deep Junior Makes the Fight Worth It
Feb. 13th, 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 organizers and criticizes IBM for abandoning its experiment with computer chess in 1997. More   
  (From the  ChessBase  web site.) 

(Feb. 2003)  My thoughts on the whole of this match are as follows:

#1. )  I loved it. I have not seen this level of news media coverage for chess in a long, long time. I thought the whole thing was a HUGE success for chess.

#2. )  Kasparov came  VERY  well prepared and played nearly every game for the win. Indeed, he outplayed the computer in virtually EVERY opening contest!! And I thought Garry could have - or, at least, should have - won just about all but maybe one of the games. 

#3. )   The basic program of Deep Junior is truly remarkable. While the Deep Fritz-Kramnik affair was boring by comparison, this machine plays a very 'human-like' game. With some more polishing to its opening book, this program will probably be nearly unbeatable ... at least for the average player. 

# 4.)  Many have criticized Garry for not trying to win the last game. But they cannot play at this level. Nor do they realize how much pride Garry has, I don't think he wanted to slip up and lose this last game, it could have been too much for him to bear. {He was also - VERY nervous!!}  (And for those persons who snidely insinuated that the match was fixed, all I have to say is: "Where is your proof?" Just screaming the match was fixed does NOT make it a fact!!) The last game was aired on the television, if it were fixed than both Bushinsky  AND  Kasparov deserve an Oscar for their acting! Q.E.D. 

# 5.)  The games were both interesting and helpful to chess. They deepened and broadened opening theory. It also shows that a GM - with a proper amount of preparation - can come to the board and compete with these programs ... even taking them out of book, if he is resourceful enough!! Kasparov did so easily. I will continue to analyze ... and ENJOY!  ...  these games for many months to come. 

The London Chess Center and TWIC has several nice news stories on this match. 

Click  HERE  to read more.