Michelle, where did you read this? I'd love to get a copy of an article.
Michelle Jones wrote:
>
> the news media do not seem to have noticed another milestone
> in machines immitating human intelligence has been passed with
> the world's second highest ranked chess player (vishy anand) falling
> in a match to a computer.
> the ibm mainframe deep blue last summer, but the kicker is this:
> the mighty anand lost to a 450 mhz pc, running commercially
> available software, rebel ten.
>
> of the 8 game match, 4 games were blitz (game in 5 minutes)
> result: silicon 3, carbon 1.
>
> 2 games were semiblitz (game in 15 minutes). result: silicon 1, draw 1.
>
> 2 games were tournament speed (40 moves in 2 hours). result :carbon 1,
> draw 1. final score silicon 4, carbon 2, drawn 2. congrats silicon!
> spike