Author: James Robertson
Date: 08:32:36 03/03/99
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On March 03, 1999 at 09:59:51, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On March 03, 1999 at 04:36:43, Lin Harper wrote: > >>Kaspy should never have agreed to such a short match. He would surely have >>caught up and passed the computer if he had time. > >I think Kasparov might be one of the best two or three players of all time. >But in _that_ match with deep blue, I personally believe that if the match >had gone two more games, it would have been two more won games for DB. Kasparov >"lost it" somewhere in the first 3-4 games and never recovered. And I don't >believe he would have recovered unless there had been a month break in the >match which would not have happened. > >The last two games of the match had him looking 'beaten' before he ever made >the first move. I think it would be very difficult for him to 'come back' >with additional games, given the way he appeared to feel... > > Not necessarily. He 'lost it' because he had to win at least 1 game in the last 2. Had he been able to take it easy, knowing he had 4 or 5 more games, I do not believe he would have cracked, at least not until game 8 or so. James
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