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Subject: Re: Human flexibility versus computers

Author: Rolf Tueschen

Date: 17:05:27 10/06/02

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On October 06, 2002 at 18:00:09, martin fierz wrote:

>he would not dare play like that?? kramnik played both the berlin and this
>variation of the QG against kasparov in their world championship match.

I wasn't talking about the opening, Martin. I meant the deep play for a pawn in
the middle game. Or would you say that a human player wouldplan to let his rook
on a8 for the complete game?

> the
>great thing about kramnik is that he is a natural anti-computer player. he
>doesnt have to play weird openings against the machine that he usually doesnt
>play and then find himself in a position he doesnt understand deeply. he just
>plays a slight variation of his normal openings (like 9.Kf1) to take DF out of
>book.
>perhaps if kramnik gains a 2-point lead he will try something a bit more
>spectacular, but for the time being he will take no risks and continue with his
>anti-kasparov strategy, which works just fine against DF!

It is as if we discussed that Capablanca also could try to play like Lasker for
a change. Why should he do that? The Kramnik style of this game was fantastic
IMO.

Rolf Tueschen




>
>aloha
>  martin



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