Author: Tony Werten
Date: 02:02:58 05/28/03
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On May 27, 2003 at 19:11:49, Jorge Pichard wrote: >After being completely out-played for the entire game, and with imminent defeat >on the horizon, Kasparov resigned the 2nd game rather than drag out the >humiliation. But Deep Blue had made a critical error, allowing Kasparov a >perpetual check. The analysis is quite deep and extends slightly beyond Deep >Blue's search horizon. And, apparently, also Kasparov's. Kasparov's team, which >included Grandmaster Yuri Dokhoian and Frederic Friedel, were faced with the >delicate task of revealing the news to Kasparov. They waited until lunch the >next day, after he had had a nice glass of wine to drink. After they revealed >the hidden drawing resource, Kasparov sunk into deep thought (no pun intended) >for five minutes before he conceded that he had missed a draw. He later claimed >that this was the first time he had resigned a drawn position. > >Six years later, which program can see the draw in the famous 2nd game of the >rematch? XiniX seems to be getting the idea. After 3m22 it fails high on Qe3 (Qxc6 had a -1.741 score), but during resolving the tree explodes. It takes 12m05 to come back with a -0.621 score. After 23m34 the score was -0.312 Tony > >Jorge
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