Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 05:31:42 10/06/00
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On October 05, 2000 at 05:12:34, Jouni Uski wrote: >Finally after many years real world championship match start in Sunday! But >I haven't seen any discussions here or in GCF. So what do You think about >Kramnik's chances? At least he has 50% lifetime score against Kasparov so >I think we will see thrilling match! >May be after match winner can challenged by program... > >Jouni I betted a book at Kramnik. If you checkout kramnik's latest games, like the exhibition game most recent at the german television (1 hour a game) all crushing defeats. Kramnik's strategy and playing strength is without doubts. Kasparov has introduced a very bad thing in chess world: winning games by preparement only, not by showing great play. No doubt kasparov is so far the greatest chessplayers of all time, if you just look for his achievements, but basically they all rely on opening. Kasparov can find novelties in very sharp lines and he's a great tactician. If you ask the average GM who praises Kasparov for over an hour: "how is kasparov positionally and strategically compared to kramnik", then suddenly it's very silent. VERY SILENT. Kramnik is no doubt the best chessplayer. Kasparov the best prepared. Let's pray the chessplayer wins instead of the person who has played the worst computer-human games ever. Way under my level. There are some good indications that Kramnik has a good chance. Kramnik is playing very positional with white. Very hard for kasparov to find outstanding novelties there. He is simply forced to play in a strategical and positional way against Kramnik. Yet don't underestimate Kasparov's own white games! Basically Kramnik will most likely achieve a high score with the white pieces. If i analyze games from Kramnik i just don't see how to beat him if he has white. Obviously Kasparov will use the same attacking lemma and will try to achieve a higher percentile with white. If Kramnik can achieve a near to 50% score with black, then he has already won the match. Vincent
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