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Subject: Re: Response to Kasparov.com questions

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 07:56:25 09/09/01

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On September 09, 2001 at 10:21:24, Geo Disher wrote:

>http://www.chessbase.com/events/bahrain/bahr06.htm
>They showed me one thing that I did not think off.  With $1million on the line
>Kramnik probably can go out and purchase a 8 way machine just as insurance that
>he can beat the thing.  This is really too much of an advantage for him in my
>mind.

I did not know about the opening book rule.

this rule means that kramnik can plan his wins by starting with one of nemeth's
ideas to get the program quickly out of book like 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 h5

It is taking a risk if he does not have the book but if he has the book it is no
risk and he can be almost sure that the 10 plies that can be added after every
game may be not relevant to a similiar game with a different line like 1.d4 h6
2.e4 h5

The rules mean that memorizing some hundreds of games may be enough to win the
match.
Even if the program is not deterministic he can try the same opening few times
in order to see that he can win by the same idea again and again.

I do not say that ideas like 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 h5 can work but even if it does not
work against Fritz another idea to get Fritz out of book may work.

Uri



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