Garry Kasparov vs Deep Junior
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| Title |
The FIDE Man vs Machine World Chess Championship |
| Event |
Man vs Machine The Rematch |
| Sponsors |
Federation
Internationale des Echecs (FIDE),
X3D Technologies Corporation |
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| Producer |
X3D
Technologies Corporation |
| Sanctioned by |
Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE)
President: Kirsan Ilyumzhinov; International Computer Games Association
(ICGA) President:
David Levy; The US Chess Federation (USCF)
President: John McCrary |
| Players |
Garry Kasparov
#1 player in the world for the past 18 years |
Deep Junior
Reigning World Computer Champion |
| Venue |
New
York Athletic Club (NYAC) 180 Central Park South New York,
NY 10019 |
| Dates |
Sunday 26th January Friday 7th February
2003 |
| Time controls |
The time control shall be 40 moves in 2 hours
for each player, followed by 20 moves in one hour for each player, followed
by 30 minutes for each player. Sudden death |
| Order of play |
Game 1: Sunday January 26th
Game 2: Tuesday January 28th
Game 3: Thursday January 30th
Game 4: Sunday February 2nd
Game 5: Wednesday February 5th
Game 6: Friday February 7th |
| Starting time |
3:30 p.m. EST (20:30h London, 21:30 Paris/Berlin) |
| Ceremonies |
Thu 23rd Jan press conference & opening
ceremony New York City
Fri 7th Feb closing ceremony & prize giving New York City |
| Prizes |
Total one million dollars, $500,000 Kasparov
fee, prize money $500,000 ($300,000 winner, $200,000 loser, $250,000 draw) |
| Arbiter |
Geurt Gijssen |
| Rules and Arbitration committee: To be announced |
Contacts
| X3D Spokesperson |
Elliott Klein, CEO. Tel: 1-646-825-6170 Email: quarterback@x3dworld.com |
| X3D Media |
Belinda Banks Tel: 1-718-320-4898 |
| X3D Producer |
Bill Drury Tel: 1-646-283-1594 Email: Druryb@x3Dworld.com |
| Kasparov interviews |
SMSI, Inc., Owen Williams Email: SMSIINC@ix.netcom.com |
| Junior interviews |
Amir Ban & Shay Bushinsky Email: shay@chessdev.com |
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