There is a strong debate whether Deep Blue is stronger than the machines of today. Certainly, it was a calculating MONSTER, being able to analyse 200 Million nodes a second. By comparison, Deep Junior running on an eight way system is analysing approximately 3 Million positions a second. IMHO, Deep Blue is the strongest computer chess playing computer of all time. It is a shame that IBM dismantled it before Kasparov could. nitro
I just wanted to clarify that Kasparov already was defeated by a computer years ago. So I think your "I am making a prediction that not only does Kasparov beat DJ, but that computers don't defeat a World Champion caliber player for the next ten years" is misleading. Probably Kasparov will beat DJ, but that would not be important for the chess world. It would just be another win for him like many others before. If he loses it would just his second loss against a computer. IMHO no important match.
Gary not playing well - pulling faces at his position. Let's see if he can salvage game two: http://www.x3dworld.com/Entertainment/chessMVM/DGT/Flash/broadcast.html nitro