Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 00:34:42 07/07/01
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On July 06, 2001 at 07:30:24, martin fierz wrote: >with a 2600 rating you do not get invitations to 'tournaments of high quality' >any more, at least not for the very best tournaments (unless you are dutch or >spanish of course). chessbase online lists 60 games by huebner for the year >2000, among his opponents are short, ivan sokolov, ponomariov, tiviakov, timman, >dreev, zviaginsev, bareev & kramnik - this is enough high class opposition for >anyone, and obviously he is still quite active. > >i would bet that he is preparing very seriously for this match (because he is >the kind of guy who likes to prove something - in this case, that computers are >stupid), and he will also inform himself about anti-computer chess. the match is >6 games, with 2 rest days after game 2 and 4. this is exactly the kind of event >which i would like to see to show if comps are a match for GMs. >it doesnt really matter if the GM is 2500 or 2600 or 2700 - my view on this is >that the GM should be so much better positionally anyway than the computer, that >if he manages to avoid the computers strong points, he should win, regardless of >his rating. if huebner cannot beat deep fritz under such conditions, i will >change my mind on the subject of computers being GM strength. Thank you for the info about the Huebner playing activity and the format of the match. The conditions certainly seem to be fair. Especially the rest days inbetween. It'll be interesting. Mogens.
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