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Linux Chess Supercomputer Overpowers Grandmaster

Posted by timothy on from the would-you-like-to-play-a-game dept.

Capt Bubudiu writes "Deep Blue vs. Kasparov is something most readers will remember but when Deep Blue was retired by IBM, a Dubai company took over with Hydra. In a $150,000 6-game challenge in Wembley UK, the games got off to a humiliation for mankind as Michael Adams, the UK Grandmaster, was mauled in games one and three, drawing game two. Adams is ranked seventh in the world and what ordinary mortals call a 'Super Grandmaster'."

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  1. why this is considered amazing by commodoresloat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What's amazing about it is that this computer was running Linux. Could this open some eyes and increase interest in alternative (Linux, Mac) offerings? ;^)