Author: Terry Ripple
Date: 18:48:13 10/04/02
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On October 04, 2002 at 19:51:45, Telmo Escobar wrote: >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 ---------------------- The move "h4" was a cute trap, but most players other than beginners will see this trap and avoid it if they don't want their game to end in a draw! It was also not a smart move for a strong player which of course includes Deep Fritz, because it ensures "no chance" at all for a white win, but does make sure that white gets a draw from this move. I will add that it was a smart move only if Deep Fritz planned to play for a draw, but i doubt very much this was the reason, and Deep Fritz played the move because it couldn't see deep enough into this position to see that it would end in a blockade of pawns leading to a drawn ending. Terry
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