THE SIX CHESS games between Garry Kasparov and computer Deep Junior came to an inconclusive end last night when the sixth and final contest ended in a draw.
That means the 21st equivalents of Tweedledum and Tweedledee can both sally forth again in the competition between man and machine.
The last game between Kasparov and Deep Junior ended in a draw, meaning a tie in the match. Out of the six games, four ended in draws, but when Kasparov last night accepted a draw move, the audience got ugly and booed the result.
The prize money of $300,000 will be shaed between the programmers and Kasparov ? already in the black to the tune of $500,000 just for daring to play a computer again.
In 1997, Kasparov was soundly thrashed by an IBM sponsored computer ? Deep Blue ? and accepted that result then by accusing the Big Blue team of whispering sweet nothings into the registers of the Stealth-based computer's "ears".
News Source
Linear Mode
