Deep Blue (chess computer) offer, but Kasparov refused a rematch. Deep Blue, with its capability of evaluating 200 million positions per second, was the fastest computer to face a world chess champion. Today, in computer chess research and matches of world class players against computers, the focus of play has often shifted to software , rather than using dedicated chess hardware. Modern chess programs like Houdini, Rybka, Deep Fritz or Deep Junior are more efficient than the programs during Deep Blue's era. In a November 2006 match between Deep Fritz and world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik, the program ran on a computer system containing
Blue Force being sentenced to 15 years in prison. "Computer Gaming World"s Charles Ardai in 1993 stated that "Blue Force" "is simply not as strong as Walls' previous games". He criticized the game world ("prop-up facades"), "abysmal" dialogues, "appalling spelling errors and factual inconsistencies", and slow speed. Ardai concluded that "Walls and Tsunami both have better work in them ... they have nowhere to go but up". In 1996, "Computer Gaming World" declared "Blue Force" the 37th-worst computer game ever released. Blue Force Blue Force is a computer game for MS-DOS released in 1993 by former Police Quest designer Jim Walls. The