There are so many of these stories. Silly as it is, the story about the human brain's last stand in the fight between man and machine is much more attractive. When I wrote this article I was obviously convinced that Kasparov would win the match and obviously I was wrong. Ah well, we all make mistakes. The mistake in the sixth game that Kasparov himself called decisive and that he indicated made his position resignable, he made on the seventh move, after about eight minutes of play, in a position that he has studied extensively while preparing for Karpov.
Nobody is infallible.
I was wrong as to the final result, but I think that some aspects of my article are still valid. I still do think that about a hundred players would beat Deep Blue in a match. Many of them are eager to prove it, but unfortunately it seems unlikely that they will get the chance. Copyright 1997 Hans Ree, All Rights Reserved.