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Subject: Re: Kasparov played much worse than usual, According to de Firmian !

Author: Graham Laight

Date: 05:20:47 07/19/00

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On July 18, 2000 at 22:54:22, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On July 18, 2000 at 19:38:14, Jerry Adams wrote:
>
>>On July 18, 2000 at 18:18:30, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>Most people are ignoring the fact that what Mr Amir has accomplished with his
>>>Deep Junior program three years after Deep Blue defeated Kasparov, is not an
>>>easy task. Three years has passed by, in which most GMs have had plenty of
>>>practices using Anti-Computer Knowledges, since Kasparov last played Deeper Blue
>>>II in 1997. If Deep Blue was still available and confronted the same GMs that
>>>were in Dortmund it would have not score as good as Deep Junior. Mainly for
>>>these reasons.
>>>
>>>1. More Anti computer knowledges is known now than back in 1997.
>>>
>>>2. None of the GM would have played an open game against, knowing its great
>>>tactical abilities and calculating power.
>>>
>>>3. Deep blue would have played against different type of opponents with
>>>different styles, which make it harder for Deep Blue team such as: Hsu and
>>>GM Nick de Firmian who prepared special opening lines against GM Kasparov.
>>>
>>
>>
>>  I think what you are forgetting is the fact that against Deepblue there is no
>>such thing as Anti computer chess, even Kaspy himself admitted that. I think
>>Deepblue would have performed better than Deepjr. the question for me is how
>>much better?  Kaspy tried to close the position when he choose the Ruy Lopez
>>against Deepblue, but Deepblue simply outplayed him!!
>>>
> GM - Nick de firmian author of MCO-14 and who worked with the IBM Team as the
>specialist who prepared Deep Blue's special opening moves for its two victories
>explained on his introductory of his latest Modern chess Opening that Kasparov
>played much worse than usual, trying faulty Anti-computer strategy when he would
>likely have won by normal play. Later on on page 87 of his MCO 14th Edition he

I think we saw what happens when GK tries to use "normal play" against DB in the
first game in the '96 series!

If my memory serves me correctly, the great victories GK won in '96 were rooted
in "normal" anti-computer chess.

-g



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