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Subject: Re: Final post to Hans re: Kasparov - DB :)

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 10:12:34 06/27/00

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On June 27, 2000 at 09:16:31, Mogens Larsen wrote:

>On June 27, 2000 at 09:01:39, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>Lucky indeed.  If it was just "luck" then some micro would have had the same
>>good fortune by now.  They haven't.  It wasn't "luck".
>
>That is not entirely true. DB was lucky to win due to an uncharacteristic
>blunder by Kasparov. However, the making of DB wasn't luck but good engineering.
>
>Best wishes...
>Mogens


It is _still_ not clear h6 (game 6) was a blunder.  More than one of
Kasparov's "camp" has said "we made a bad decision in game 6..."  Which
could be interpreted to mean that h6 was intentional.  Remember, several
programs have tried to win with white in that position and against a good
human (as black) the programs lost.  Whether that was a prepared trap that
failed is speculation.  But it is certainly more probable than the clap-trap
stuff about possible cheating.  :)



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