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Subject: Re: Deep Fritz vs Kramnik (what endgame?)

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 14:48:54 10/08/02

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On October 08, 2002 at 15:57:49, Albert Silver wrote:

>On October 08, 2002 at 14:47:25, Eddie wrote:
>
>>On October 08, 2002 at 13:31:29, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>
>>>Vladimir Kramnik is doing the right thing: he tries to get an endgame and then
>>>Deep Fritz has no chance. Just great to see Kramnik's excellent technic.
>>>
>>>Kurt
>>
>>It's kinda sad to see that Fritz has NO endgame!  Kramnik exchanges queens, and
>>the game is over!  Where are the mighty tactics of the computer?  I want to see
>>some big bad middle games, w/queens on the board ....  these endgame wins
>>against the prog are boring ....  oh well ....  have a great day!
>
>Kramnik has no such qualms. The match is worth a million dollars, his rep is on
>the line, so he is out to win. Period. In fact he adopted similar tactics with a
>certain human player in another match IIRC. If he scores against the computer
>playing according to his game plan, then it seems he is completely justified,
>no?
>
>                                       Albert


It warms the heart to think that Kramnik will not just settle for draws if he
has winning chances.  I guess not everything is ONLY about money!



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