Author: Jeremiah Penery
Date: 14:58:24 03/03/99
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On March 03, 1999 at 16:37:12, Michael Ginat wrote: >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. > >Now I'll have to look at those games and get back to you. >My first thought is that you kind of conradicted yourself, because if Topalov >made a "huge blunder" how can that mean he was "utterly outplayed"? >Furthermore, you write that "it seemed he had drawing chances", but on the other >hand you thought it was a "drawn looking" endgame. > >regards, >Michael I suppose I didn't choose my wording very well, it seems to be something I'm doing a lot lately. :( I guess I meant that even though there were drawing chances, he (Topalov) was still being outplayed - he did lose, after all. Whether he made that final blunder or not, Kasparov would have probably still won the game. In Adams-Kasparov, it looked pretty even up until each side had Q, B, and 6 pawns. Adams allowed the a-pawn to pass and Kasparov started eating his pawns. He was outplayed in the endgame. I hope this makes a little better sense than my last post. :) Jeremiah
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