Author: Mike S.
Date: 19:55:21 10/16/02
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On October 16, 2002 at 21:18:34, Arshad Syed wrote: >(...) >Fritz: > 1. Will have to keep queen on board and the position as complicated as >possible. I feel it always gets the better of Kramnik when the position is very >unclear. I'm not sure about that now. Because exchanging the queens reduces the probability of a loss too (in general, although Fritz lost twice during game 1 to 4...). A draw in game 7 would lead to extreme pressure for Kramnik in the last game (match score 3.5-3.5), because it would be about winning or *loosing*, not just about winning or drawing the match. It would make it very difficult for him to take even the slightest risks in the last game. He would be in a similar situation like Kasparov was before the last (6th) game in 1997. >Kasparov-Junior: I think Kasparov will now be doubly more careful about any >adventurous play, more so about any piece sacrifice. I think this match will be >all the more interesting since Junior has the best record against humans and >Kasparov will be desperately seeking to erase the memories of his loss to Deep >Blue. This will be psychologically interesting, because Kasparov has to decide if he applies the same queen exchange strategy like Kramnik. I can imagine that he doesn't want that, because newpapers would write he does it just like Kramnik did before. Although it would be recommendable probably (I think Junior 7 is even less dangerous* without queens than Fritz 7 is, as statistics have shown). *) for a GM :o) It's a bit more difficult for Kasparov because he has only 6 games to play. Regards, M.Scheidl
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