Kaspy vs. D.J.

Hopefully soon - as I first write this, (late Oct. 2002); - there will be a match between Kasparov and Deep Junior. And I want to be the first to bring you all the news, games, and everything else.

Nov. 15th, 2002: According to Reuters News Service ... and the ChessBase web site ... this match has been postponed again. Tentatively it will be held in January (or February) of 2002. Keep watching this page for all the results as they happen!!!

Nov. 29th 2002: This just in - from the Internet and TWIC # 420. The match may be delayed once more. Now it is possibly to be scheduled in late January or early February of 2002. Additionally, because of all the violence and terrorism in the Middle-East, the match venue might be moved from Jerusalem, (ISR) to Jacksonville, FL. (USA) Stay tuned for more details.

December 27th, 2002: Kasparov vs Deep Junior moved to New York
21.12.2002 This man vs. machine match was originally scheduled for October 1 in Jerusalem, then it was postponed to December 1st, then to January 5th. The venue was moved to Jacksonville, Florida. Today FIDE announced that it would be held in Manhattan, New York, from Jan. 23 to Feb. 2, with two "practice games" before that in Israel. We will keep you informed as more details become known. (From the ChessBase web site.)

January 8th, 2003: Kasparov vs. Deep Junior, Match details.
After considerable turbulence over the Christmas holidays (see reports below) the final details of the spectacular Man vs. Machine event pitting the world's strongest human player against the reigning world computer chess champion is set to commence in New York on January 26. Full details on the venue, sponsors, schedule and prize money have just been released. (From the FIDE web site.)

January 20th, 2003. The on-again, off-again match is currently on ... and slated to
begin on January 26th. (New York.) Many chess servers will carry the games live.

(March 16th, 2003: All the games have been thoroughly annotated and posted.)

Man vs. Machine
Jan. 23rd, 2003. It seems to be definitely on, the first game is slated to be
played the 26th. I feel - for the first time in a long time! - that this match will
really happen. It looks to be great fun. My (chess) "Humans vs. Computers"
web site will have regular reports and updates.

The latest update is that AOL has joined forces with X3D to bring you the
games, this definitely promises to be interesting.

01.2003 Kasparov is still slated to play DEEP Junior in a match in
New York at the end of January (26th?) ... or maybe mid-February. Thus far
it has been a VERY bumpy road. (Click here, and see just below.)

Questions, questions
23.09.2002 How will he fare against Deep Junior in the match scheduled for December this year?
What is at stake and how will he proceed strategically? Why doesn't the US have exceptional
chess talents and why are there so few top women players? These are some of the questions
answered by Garry Kasparov in an interview that appeared in the New York Times.
We bring you excerpts here. (From the ChessBase web site.)

Hmmm
After considerable turbulence over the Christmas holidays (see reports below) the final details
of the spectacular Man vs. Machine event pitting the world's strongest human player against
the reigning world computer chess champion is set to commence in New York on January 26.
Full details on the venue, sponsors, schedule and prize money have just been released.
Visit the X3D site or the USCF web site at www.uschess.org. (From the FIDE web site.)

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January 24th, 2003.
Not only will Kasparov be playing Deep Junior (in New York City), but at virtually the same
time, (Jan. 28th to Jan. 31st); GM E. Bareev will be playing Hiarcs 8.0 in the Netherlands.
(Sponsored by the Maastricht Foundation.) Click here to read more.

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I would also like to point out that this is the first (official) FIDE Chess World Championship, "Man versus Machine" Match. Kasparov gets like $500,000.00 for just showing up. (DJ gets 150K) The winner gets $250,000.00. (This sum is split if it is a draw.)

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CNN and Spiegel go Chess
25.01.2003 This thing between Kasparov vs. Deep Junior in New York is going to be gigantic. CNN has a big report on the X3D press conference held on Thursday. Meanwhile Europe's largest news portal, Spiegel Online, has set up an entire mini-web devoted to the man vs. machine match – and even set up their own live coverage using ChessBase technology.

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February 06th, 2003: My computer crashed, so I missed several games.
The belated report was that games four and five were drawn. I was unable
to watch either game, as my computer was inoperative. But informed sources
tell me that the computer sacked unsoundly. (In game five.) Apparently Kasparov
was shaken and allowed a perpetual. Game four was a Sicilian, where Garry
missed or avoided the best line more than once. The machine was close to
winning, but Kasparov eventually fought back to draw. (More later.)
(From the ""News Page" of my Geo-Cities web site.)

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See the June 2003 of issue of 'Chess Life' ... for an analysis of all the games.

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