Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:05:14 06/06/01
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On June 06, 2001 at 12:47:56, Mike S. wrote: >On June 06, 2001 at 11:13:28, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>Kasparov didn't "know nothing" about it. DB Jr had played many exhibition >>matches. Kasparov's problem was that he listened to the _wrong_ people and >>prepared in the worst possible way, by practicing against a microcomputer >>program. Foolish and it showed. > >I think, you cannot really tell from the match, that his preparation was wrong. >After all, he won the 1st, resigned the 2nd too early which was a draw, made 3 >draws in a row, and the last game was an accident. > >What would you have recommended, how to prepare against such an opponent, when >nothing comparable is available? > >It wasn't only about the strength level, but also about the "mentality" of chess >programs. I think, a strong micro was the best approximation available. > >Regards, >M.Scheidl I don't agree. He made game decisions based on how a program (Fritz) would play. Based on what Fritz could see tactically. That is about like taking your favorite naval ship and challenging a brand new ship that has never been seen before. Perhaps they will sink you before you get within 500 miles. It was just the wrong plan... because to try to play the opponent based on what it will likely do, when you have a very faulty idea about what it can do, is not the way to win the war. I _still_ think that game 6 was a poor attempt to take advantage of a line that busts all microcomputer programs, but was not good enough to come close to busting deep blue. IE it was an all-out blitzkrieg that failed miserably.
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