Author: Jeremiah Penery
Date: 11:18:49 03/03/99
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On March 03, 1999 at 12:22:42, Michael Ginat wrote: >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... >> >> >I think that most of you are missing a key point in this discussion. Kasparov >was psyched out because he was scared that he did not have an edge in the >openings. I haven't looked at his games in Linares yet, but apparently he is >blowing his oponents away by getting a big advantage in the openings. That's not the impression I'm getting...In the two games I've watched (Adams and Topalov (the second)) he has utterly outplayed his opponents in drawn-looking endgames. Speaking of which, in the Topalov game the other day, his move 59. Ke3 was a huge blunder, leading to mate. However, it seemed he had drawing chances (at least to keep it close for a while...) even up to that move. Here is the position: 3Q4/8/p3p3/P3Pp1p/1P1P3P/2k2K2/8/3q w - - I'm curious what the other computers think. I've run it on Crafty, and even after 3 hours of search black only has about a pawn advantage. >It's a pity someone like Karpov didn't get a chance to play Deeper Blue - I >can't imagine him resigning a drawn position, and he would be able to steer the >games along positional paths without playing nonsense openings.
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