Author: Telmo Escobar
Date: 16:51:45 10/04/02
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On October 04, 2002 at 10:58:17, Terry Ripple wrote: >On October 04, 2002 at 10:37:14, Otello Gnaramori wrote: > >>On October 04, 2002 at 10:32:36, Rex wrote: >> >>>Great game. Deep Blue drew once! Looks like todays programs have improved. >> >>Best Compliments to Deep Fritz team, but my first impression is that Kramnik >>played for a draw ... What do you think ? >>Are we going to see a lot of draws ? >> >>w.b.r. >>Otello >--------------- >Yes, you are going to see many draws, just like the match with Kasparov! > > GM Larry Christiansen said that this is Kramnik's style and the way the new >modern player plays. He said that you usually don't get exciting games but it >cuts down your chances for loses! > >Susan Polger predicts a score in favor of Kramnik 4.5 to 3.5 > >Regards, > Terry Something excites you, something else excites somebody else. In particular, defending a particular variation might be exciting from a grandmaster's viewpoint. For this reason stating that Kramnik played for a draw reflects some misunderstanding about high class chess. The Berlin is a class itself alone. These apparently uneventful draws are making history in the theory of openings. For a Ruy Lopez player -like myself- having to face the Berlin is a real nightmare nowadays. I have to add that it's strange that nobody in this forum is making comment about the nice little move 25.h4! from DF. The trap (25...Bxh4? 26.g5, 27.Be3, and the White's king goes after that stupid bishop)is obvious, but fun. Telmo
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