Author: Andre Godat
Date: 21:52:28 07/19/01
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On July 19, 2001 at 16:49:11, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >Excerpt from the Chessbase page of the latest report from Dortmund : > >http://www.chessbase.com/events/dortm01/dortm03.htm > ><snip> >"In the Man vs Machine match Dr Robert Hübner, playing with the white pieces, >offered his opponent Deep Fritz a draw after 21 moves. The operator accepted, >even though Fritz thought it was slightly ahead in the game. The score between >the two is now 2:2. The last two games will be played on Saturday and Sunday." ><snip> > Fritz 6 has been thinking for 10 minutes on my 1.2 gig AMD, and gives White a 0.47 advantage whichever way Black recaptures. It seems rather strange that Deep Fritz would be different enough from Fritz 6 to think Black had the advantage. Perhaps, the person reporting from Dortmund misread Fritz's evaluation. Just using my plain, old human brain I am wondering why Huebner offered a draw. Perhaps he's getting paid just as much to draw the match as to win it, so he doesn't care. Anyway, it's clear to me that White has about as much of an advantage as a Grandmaster can be expected to have against a GM-strength program in the Closed Ruy after 21 moves.
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