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Subject: Re: Deep Blue vs Kasparov 1997 difficult positions

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 02:38:52 04/18/02

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On April 17, 2002 at 21:02:28, Vine Smith wrote:

>On April 17, 2002 at 13:26:34, K. Burcham wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>Deep Blue vs Kasparov  1997 Six game match
>>
>>if you have any Deep Blue positions that were played in the six game match, that
>>you feel are very difficult for todays programs, could you please post them
>>here. I will check to make sure I have them.
>>If you have any positions you feel that cannot be found by todays programs,
>>please state that with the position please.
>>I am trying to compile the complete list of Deep Blue moves that anyone thinks
>>cannot be found, or played by todays programs. probably have most--but you might
>>have one i overlooked.
>>If you have read somewhere about a Deep Blue position that someone thought was
>>too difficult for todays programs, please post with position and game number.
>>
>>question everything,
>>kburcham
>
>This is actually a counter-example, a failure by DB to find its best chance that
>Junior 7 (but not Fritz6, Crafty 18.10, Yace 0.99.56, or Tiger 14.0) sees in
>about 6 minutes on a PIII-850 (so, presumably, in tournament time on a faster
>machine). Several annotators believed this was DB's last chance to draw game 1:
>3rr1k1/1p6/2p3P1/4nP1p/pP2p3/P1B1NbP1/2P3B1/5RK1 b - - 0 36
>Instead of 36...Kf8 as played by DB here, 36...Ng4 gives good drawing chances
>according to Benjamin's notes from Informant, and Goodman and Keene's book on
>the match. Incidentally, I have a PGN file of Game 1 compiling all notes I could
>find from various sources, including Seirawan, Nunn, Goodman/Keene,
>Khodarkovsky/Shamkovich, Henley, and Benjamin amongst others, as well as
>excerpts from the Deep Blue log files for the game. If you're interested, I
>could e-mail this to you.
>
>Regards,
>Vine Smith

Indeed, this is the real stuff, more effective arguments and proof than all Bob
Hyatts DB data in the world.
S.Taylor



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