Author: Omid David
Date: 07:02:37 10/05/02
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On October 05, 2002 at 04:42:34, Graham Laight wrote: >On October 05, 2002 at 04:29:45, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On October 05, 2002 at 03:48:38, Graham Laight wrote: >> >>>If Kramnik can obtain a draw this easily with black, then the Fritz team need to >>>do something. >> >>No >> >>A draw with white against kramnik is an excellent result for Fritz. > >They're competing with 1997 DB, not the 1980 Fidelity Travelmaster! > >Junior has already obtained draws/wins against top players at Dortmund - that >PCs can do this against top players is already old news. > >Obtaining a draw against an opponent who's not even TRYING to win is hardly an >"excellent result". > >>>But what can they do? >>> >>>I assume they'll be able to change the first few moves of the opening to avoid >>>an exact repetition of yesterday's game - but I think that that's the limit. >>> >>>I assume that they're not allowed to alter the evaluation in any way. >>> >>>It's difficult to see how Fritz can avoid losing now, unfortunately. >>> >>>-g >> >>Why unfortunately? >> >>Uri > >* According to the Chessbase report (currently the top story at >www.chessbase.com) the Fritz team were disappointed. > >* Yesterday's game almost eliminates the possibility that Fritz can win (DB >obtained all of its wins against GK with white, and I think that Fritz will have >to do the same) > >* The match is going 100% to Kramnik's game plan > >* Kramnik has, IN THE VERY FIRST GAME, exposed a fundamntal flaw in Fritz which >cannot now be corrected. They cannot even do any sort of meaningful workaround - >they're sunk. He hasn't exposed anything new whatsoever. The lack of blockade detection is a known flaw, which exists in every engine to the best of my knowledge. > >* All the fun of the possibility of Fritz winning a game in the match has >already gone > >In fact, on reflection, the word "unfortunately" was an understatement. > >-g
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