Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 13:40:07 03/03/99
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On March 03, 1999 at 11:32:36, James Robertson 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... >> >> > >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 We'll just have to agree to disagree. It appeared to me that when he walked on the stage for game 6, he was already ready to write 'resigns' and leave. He had no 'bounce' left. What caused this is anybody's guess. Drawing games he should have won? Winning #1 then losing #2 after he thought he was going to "roll it into a wad"? Playing a machine where it became obvious that if he made one tactical slip he was 'done'? I suspect _all_ of that weighed heavily. He is a different player in Linares... as he was in game 1/2 of the second match. But after game 2, things changed in NY. For the worse, somehow.
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