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Subject: Re: Kasparov vs. The World - The World is not complete without Crafty

Author: Paul Richards

Date: 08:29:26 07/26/99

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On July 26, 1999 at 11:27:01, Paul Richards wrote:

>On July 25, 1999 at 22:54:16, Charles Milton Ling wrote:
>
>>This a rather cheeky suggestion, I must say right away.  But this game is at a
>>turning point, the extremely exciting (cuts both ways) 18. ... f5 having been
>>proposed and endorsed by strong humans.  A position full of tactical
>>possibilities is in the offing.  Who better to analyze it than...
>>I really feel that if Bob's program (on his exceedingly powerful machine) likes
>>18. ... f5, GK is in trouble.  If it doesn't, we (The World) could still change
>>course.
>>Could you give us half an hour or so?  Please?
>>Charley
>
>I can do as well running a machine overnight, but where Dr. Hyatt's machine
>would come in *very* handy is the use of the 5-man tablebases for the endgame.

Come to think of it what might be even more helpful is to have Dr. Hyatt ask
Roman for his analysis of the position. ;)  Computers are quite good at tactics,
but they're nothing compared to a strong human GM given a lot of time to
analyze, especially if he can talk it over with other grandmasters.



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