A question about Deep Blue

[LordMorpheus]

Anyway, so I'm doing some reading and I stumble across the story of IBM's conquest of Chess, from Deep Though I to Deep Blue.

I'm wondering a couple of things. What kind of processing power does Deep Blue have. It was several years ago, so would it run on say, a sun workstation?

And is there anywhere I can play against these huge chess computers, like an online site that will let me get owned by a machine?

Deep Blue is cool.

 

[monk3y]

I think it's Kasparov... not sure though.

 

[Platypus]

If you get any chess game that's based on the Fritz engine (unless it's changed) it's the same exact engine that Deep Blue used.

Funfact: my best friend's mom played against him and grew up with him.

 

[sparkyclarky]

While the software may be readily available, IIRC, deep blue had many (around 100) independent processors that were specially designed to assist in the calculations required to play chess.

Ah - it was closer to 250. All of the info you need is here Deep Blue

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: sparkyclarky
While the software may be readily available, IIRC, deep blue had many (around 100) independent processors that were specially designed to assist in the calculations required to play chess.

Ah - it was closer to 250. All of the info you need is here Deep Blue

I know it had a whole bunch of dedicated chess procs, but that was, of course, several years ago. I was thinking that maybe a wicked workstation might be up to it (but if the number is at 250, i don't know).

And you are right, is it kasparov.

I read that in the match that the computer won, it was a 6 game series.

Human took the first game. The computer did something incredibly clever in the second game that really scared the human, and he was tired and stressed for games 3-5, which were all draws, and then he made a known mistake in game 6, and looked ready to die when he saw the computer exploit it. In fact, he resigned from the game, but it was later figured out that he could have saved himself.

Interesting stuff. The computer never tires, or gets psyched out.

 

[sparkyclarky]

Originally posted by: LordMorpheus

Originally posted by: sparkyclarky
While the software may be readily available, IIRC, deep blue had many (around 100) independent processors that were specially designed to assist in the calculations required to play chess.

Ah - it was closer to 250. All of the info you need is here Deep Blue

I know it had a whole bunch of dedicated chess procs, but that was, of course, several years ago. I was thinking that maybe a wicked workstation might be up to it (but if the number is at 250, i don't know).

And you are right, is it kasparov.

I read that in the match that the computer won, it was a 6 game series.

Human took the first game. The computer did something incredibly clever in the second game that really scared the human, and he was tired and stressed for games 3-5, which were all draws, and then he made a known mistake in game 6, and looked ready to die when he saw the computer exploit it. In fact, he resigned from the game, but it was later figured out that he could have saved himself.

Interesting stuff. The computer never tires, or gets psyched out.

I doubt a workstation would top a supercomputer with chips custom designed to run chess. Think of it in terms of having a graphics run off between a general purpose CPU and a 6800Ultra

 

[johnjbruin]

Its all about how deep you can go into the game tree... which could be in billions and billions of nodes.
Within 10 years... we will be able to get a supercomputer that will be able to play "perfect" chess.

I am pretty sure for a regular player like most of us the computers are already smart enough. They already have the problem solved... its just that they dont have the memory and processing power to support the algorithm that plays perfect chess.

 

[TitanDiddly]

Didn't Deeper Blue make it public too?

 

[z0mb13]

I would be interested in the AI algorithm that they used...

I guess the algorithm spawns multiple processes???

 

[sonambulo]

go machines still suck