Author: Mike S.
Date: 18:57:56 08/12/01
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On August 12, 2001 at 16:46:50, Andreas Schwartmann wrote: >I've just had the chance to talk a bit to Vishy Anand, after a match he played >vs. Peter Leko for german television, here in Cologne. Of course I've asked him >about the coming match in Barain, and he just laughed and said that the match >"is a joke." (...) I'd be interested, how GMs would estimate the share of opening preparation, compared to the opponent specific preparation in total. But I would expect this to be 70% or even more. This is not available for Kramnik (I'm not sure how much openings played by Fritz in the past can help him here). Kramnik may try to avoid deep book lines by playing semi-optimal but solid lines with white, something like 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 or even 1.e4/2.b3 etc., but I don't think he can do the same with black. So I think this is all not that easy as Anand seems to think. Probably sharp lines are forbidden for Kramnik? A program on 8 CPUs will be able to find extreme tactical surprises, as soon as the position becomes combinative. An example from Ron Langeveld/rgcc (although on a lower computing level of course, but suitable as an illustration I think). Tiger, ore both, played without book: Gambit Tiger 2.0 - Hiarcs 7.32 P800_25:00, 2001 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Qh5 g6 7.Qf3 Qxg5 8.Bxd5 [D]r1b1kb1r/ppp2p1p/2n3p1/3Bp1q1/8/5Q2/PPPP1PPP/RNB1K2R b KQkq - 0 8 8...Nd4! Black not only allows 9.Qxf7+, he even forces it - but still gets an advantage! Now imagine not Hiarcs on 1 x P800 at 25:00, but Deep Fritz on 8 x P? at 2h/40... If I was Kramnik, I'm afraid I could't eat nor sleep until the match is over :o) - But I think he will win 6-2. mfg. Michael Scheidl
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