Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 15:39:08 04/14/02
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On April 14, 2002 at 17:39:35, martin fierz wrote: >i don't think it's the 100 elo difference to gulko. it's "be prepared". look at >gulko playing as white: he typically just hoovered the board to get a draw - >"get the queens off ASAP", and in his comments he explained that this had been >his aim. most anticomp games where comps look *really* stupid are with queens >on, with a closed position where the human moves everything towards the enemy >king and the comp sees it too late. this game is a great example. another good >example is one of the two white games of van wely-rebel (ive forgotten which - >not the one with the long ending), where van wely wins a pawn after about 18 >moves. gulko was not prepared for playing against computers - according to his >own words, which many here don't seem to believe. i believe it - his games show >that he didnt know the most effective anticomp strategy. >what i think will be really interesting is to see how smirin will do as black - >van wely and gulko were doing relatively much worse as black... >i also think that the financial incentive for smirin is a very important factor, >because this is what makes that he is well-prepared. and i think this game shows >he is prepared :-) > The theory that GMs can and will play better against computers than they have in the past lives on! This game was a perfect example of the type of anti-computer strategy that does NOT involve locking up the pawn structure and hoping for a draw (as characterized by some). Very few human GMs as Black would have fallen for this attack (they might have lost to Smirin anyway, but not this way). IMHO.
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