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Subject: Re: Deeper Gary has just been released

Author: blass uri

Date: 15:55:38 03/03/99

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On March 03, 1999 at 17:28:37, blass uri wrote:

>
>On March 03, 1999 at 16:36:27, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On March 03, 1999 at 14:51:25, blass uri wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>On March 03, 1999 at 12:22:42, Michael Ginat wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>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.
>>>
>>>I do not think that karpov is good against computers
>>>he played a game against Deep thought with white in 1990 and won a drawn rook
>>>endgame only because of a mistake of deep thought.
>>>
>>>This is the position when Deep thought did the mistake:
>>>8/5k2/R5pp/3pP3/p2r1PK1/8/7P/8 b - - 0 1
>>>
>>>Deep thought played Rc4 when g5 was the right move.
>>>
>>>Commercial programs avoid the mistake of Deep thought.
>>>
>>>For example Fritz5(16 bit) has no problem to play g5.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>I have played some games against Karpov.  And believe me, he is the strongest
>>GM I have ever had the chance to play.  the move g5 is trivial to find, and
>>why DT didn't find it is anyone's guess.  That is the only move crafty ever
>>considers, from .01 seconds to 1 hour, so no idea what DT did wrong...  But
>>just because Karpov was lucky to draw doesn't mean he can't play chess, let
>>me guarantee you.
>
>I did not say that karpov was lucky to draw but that karpov was lucky to win.
>
>Karpov won the game after  47...Rc4 48.h4 Rd4 49.Rf6+ Kg7 50.Ra6 Kf7 51.h5(deep
>thought finally realised here that it was worse) gxh5+

I am not sure about the losing mistake and it may be 51...gxh5+ because I do not
see a clear win after 51...g5

I am only sure about the fact that karpov was lucky to win the game

Uri





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