Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 03:01:00 10/10/02
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On October 10, 2002 at 05:47:17, Sune Fischer wrote: >On October 10, 2002 at 05:33:06, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On October 10, 2002 at 05:25:15, Sune Fischer wrote: >> >>>On October 10, 2002 at 04:27:52, Uri Blass wrote: >>> >>>>On October 10, 2002 at 01:40:11, Jouni Uski wrote: >>>> >>>>>For "obvious reason" ... >>>>> >>>>>Jouni >>>> >>>>If the "obvious reason" is a war against iraq >>>>then it is not clear. >>>> >>>>I read claims that the war against iraq is supposed to be >>>>only in January but I do not know. >>> >>>I don't think he was talking about the war, but simply because Junior isn't >>>going to stand a chance. >>> >>>>I see no different reason to cancel that match. >>>>The match kasparov -Junior is clearly more interesting >>>>than Fritz-Kramnik >>>>because kasparov does not get the program. >>> >>>I don't think it matters at all. The holes that are in these programs are not >>>easily fixable, they are pretty much the same kind of errors - namely lack of >>>deep positional understanding. >> >>No >> >>Not all the programs do the same errors. >> >>Tiger15 could avoid the positional errors of Fritz in the >>last game. > >Can tiger see the blocked pawn position in game 1 is drawn? >Does tiger know the endgame of game 2 was lost? > >Tiger is full of holes like fritz, but we won't get them exposed until we get a >GM match (possibly Super GM). > >>Nobody has Junior8 except Amir Ban and Junior7 is old >>(more than one year old) so we do not know exactly what holes >>were fixed by Amir. > >Oh let's take make some wild and crazy guesses then: Junior8 will prefer not to >have double pawns, Junior 8 will prefer connected passed pawns and Junior 8 >won't like pawn islands? >All good rules, working fine 99% of the cases, but then there are the >exceptions. Most players tries to steer the game into positions like that. >Problem is Kasparov is so strong he can simply play his usual kind of game and >will win anyway! > >>I expect kasparov to win but I believe that Junior >>is going to score better relative to Fritz. > >If K-F ends 7.5-0.5 then I agree with you. > >-S. > >>Uri I doubt that will happen. Won't the match end on game 6 if Kramnik win the next two games? Terry
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