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Subject: Re: Kasparov-Fritz - The Opening

Author: Anthony Cozzie

Date: 19:07:53 11/17/03

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On November 17, 2003 at 15:50:36, Ingo Lindam wrote:

>On November 17, 2003 at 15:41:20, Anthony Cozzie wrote:
>
>>I personally think (after seeing play of Kasparov in G2, and Fritz in G3) that
>>the match was fixed.  This is my personal opinion, not a proof of any sort.
>>
>>anthony
>
>Well a really convincing conspiratorial theory, isn't it?
>
>I can really imagine Kasparov and the Chessbase team having some rounds of
>negotiations with the result... Kasparov: "OK, that sounds fine to me... So we
>will make looking me as an idiot in game 2 and then the computer in game 3...
>Will it be live on TV for sure?"
>
>Very credible imagination...!
>
>Ingo

OK, lets review the facts:
In Game 2, Kasparov makes a literally 1 ply blunder (Zappa plays Bxe5 after 1
ply :).  You don't get to be world champion by making 1 ply blunders.  A bit of
an optical illusion? Maybe. But still: a *1 ply blunder*.

In Game 3, Fritz plays down an opening book line that in Fritz 8 is marked as
"do not ever play".  Yet it somehow shows up here.

As I said: this is not proof, but to me it is fairly convincing.  If you
disagree, fine.  You probably think Elvis is dead too.

anthony



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