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Subject: Re: Can someone tell me what is going on in the game of Deep Junior?

Author: Amir Ban

Date: 15:31:54 07/10/00

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On July 10, 2000 at 08:25:41, blass uri wrote:

>The last moves 7.e5 Bg4 8.e5 are impossible.
>7...Bg4 is illogical and 8.e5 is impossible.
>
>Uri

Take it easy.I dropped the e3 bishop as I played Bd3 and the DGT board went
crazy.

Later at move 50-something something blew loudly and blacked out the overhead
board projection. I felt really sorry for the spectators in the hall who stayed
for 5 hours and had to sit there watching nothing. Many of them left. The
Primergy server was on UPS, but my screen wasn't so I could not play until power
was restored.

This game was something. Khalifman clearly invited c4 or f4 in the opening for a
King Indian setup but didn't get it, and ended up with an opening line he didn't
want. He then mishandled it badly and was lost in a few moves. In sarcastic
self-humour he told me he thought of resigning at move 20 but didn't because
after Huebner it's not even original. In retrospect Junior's Bxe7 is an error
and after the game Anand suggested Be3 instead as a clear win.

IMO the game against Adams is Junior's best ever, and one of the best computer
games ever. Adams tried very hard and was disappointed by the result. Junior
made all the right positional choices in a dangerous game that computers
typcially misunderstand. The move Bg7 is fantastic, especially since the
alternative Rg8 doesn't look like it will hold.

Amir





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