Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:28:56 07/27/98
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On July 27, 1998 at 10:59:48, Ed Schröder wrote: >>the thing that most stands out to me, when comparing anand-fritz and >>anand- rebel is the play by Anand. Against fritz, he did *not* let >>the games get wild and open. Against Rebel, he went so far as to >>castle opposite. I thought he would lose the first long game as a >>result, because he didn't have to go into that type of position. > >>So there was a difference in the two matches, but I believe that the >difference was more on the part of Anand, rather than the two >>different computer programs. Rebel can't make Anand castle opposite. >Fritz couldn't prevent it. > >>Wish we knew more about why he adopted a more open and "normal" >>style of play against Rebel, while simply strangling Fritz... > >Remember "anti-GM"? > >Perhaps Anand was forced too? > >- Ed - Nice marketing. :) But anti-GM didn't make him castle queen-side in the first long game. He did that on his own. I don't think an "anti-GM" strategy exists, much less one that can force a GM to do something he doesn't want to do...
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