Author: Telmo Escobar
Date: 14:52:03 04/21/02
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On April 21, 2002 at 07:11:58, Michael Vox wrote: >http://www.users.bigpond.com/rebpab/ > >Kramnik vs Kasparov, Fritz versus Deep Blue ... > >Kasparov's most amusing claim - unintentionally amusing - was that Kramnik >played "unprincipled" chess, merely "shuffling his pieces" on the back two rows: >a reference to the dogged Berlin Defence and Kramnik's safe, positional style. > >Although Kramnik's dogged defence is less flashy to watch than Kasparov's >spectacular attacks, I think any sensible player has to concede the immense >quality of such play > Agreed, most Kramnik's games with the Berlin Defence are masterpieces of positional chess, and the instructional value of such games is immense. Hard to play that way with Black, pretty hard to play against it with White. Kasparov's claims are ludicrous to say the least. Telmo
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