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Subject: Re: Van Wely-Fritz 1-0

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 18:34:18 05/14/00

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On May 14, 2000 at 17:00:32, Hristo wrote:

>On May 14, 2000 at 14:21:12, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:
>
>>On May 14, 2000 at 14:15:27, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:
>>
>>>On May 14, 2000 at 09:44:13, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>>>
>>>>[Event "Dutch championship"]
>>>>[Site "?"]
>>>>[Date "2000.??.??"]
>>>>[Round "?"]
>>>>[White "Van Wely"]
>>>>[Black "Fritz SSS"]
>>>>[Result "1-0"]
>>>>[ECO "A25"]
>>>>[WhiteElo "2646"]
>>>>[PlyCount "49"]
>>>>
>>>>1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. a4
>>>>d6 9. d3 Bg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Ne2 Qc8 12. h3 b6 13. f4 Be6 14. f5 Bd7 15. g4 Ne8
>>>>16. Ng3 Qd8 17. g5 Bc8 18. h4 f6 19. Qh5 Na5 20. Ra3 Qe7 21. Nf1 Nc6 22. Ne3
>>>>Qd7 23. g6 h6 24. Ng4 Ra7 25. Rg1 1-0
>>>>
>>>>Enrique
>>
>>My first message did not say anything but only quoted the game because I was
>>speechless.  Not an ounce of resistence from Fritz, no attempt to create
>>counterplay.  Terrible. I am sad. Hoping that he will be back with a vengeance
>
>Djordje, IT (not he) might win again. :)))
>After all it is a calculator, that doesn't care about great many things.. :)))
>
>I enjoyed this game a lot. Games like this is what brings some perspective
>into exactly how "strong" (this is an odd word in this case) the chess
>engines are. Yes the chess engines win, but more often than not, it is because
>human players make "dumb" (?) mistakes and not because of better understanding
>of the game. Because of this we rearely get to see the real strength (weakness)
>of the chess engines. The game above is probably more important to computer
>chess than all other games in this tournament so far!!! It would be difficult
>to feel proud (if Fritz is to win the tournament) after having played this
>style .. :))
>
>BTW.
>Most programs go for the sac on h6 after lets say 25. ... Nd8. However I beleive
>26. Bf3 is possibly the best move ... then again I'm not a calculator :)))
>
>regards.
>hristo
>
>
>
>
>>:-)
>>
>>***  Djordje

Hiarcs? But would deeper blue have known what to do?  S.T.



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