Author: Graham Laight
Date: 15:26:23 07/12/00
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On July 12, 2000 at 10:13:50, Jeroen Noomen wrote: >On July 12, 2000 at 09:16:19, Graham Laight wrote: > >>The GM commentators are not impressed with DJ's play in this blocked position. > >I agree with them. Junior's play in this game is terrible. >Even a 1800 rated human player would play such a position better. >c5-c4?? and Nxd2?? are all huge mistakes. > >It proves ove thing: More NPS, faster, more faster, an even >smaller branche factor, better search techniques, NONE of >these will help a computer program to play these positions >better! This makes a lot of sense. But in '97, DB was playing an even better player - one Gary Kasparov. He conspicuously failed to pummel DB like a scrap yard crusher boxing up a car. The one game he won (game 1) was done with considerable finesse (IMO), wheras today, it was just "block the centre and go for the king" - simple enough for even me to understand! Some possible explanations: * Gary was off form * DB evaluates positions better than DJ * Having greater processor power (and greater NPS (nodes per second)) does, somehow, confer an ability to play this type of position better I'd love to see people's thoughts on this. -g >>Looks like DJ will need a mistake from Kramnik now. > >Looking after the position after 19 moves: Black is busted. >Game over.... > >Jeroen
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