Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:21:10 10/16/02
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On October 15, 2002 at 12:15:28, martin fierz wrote: >On October 15, 2002 at 11:41:02, Ed Schröder wrote: > >>On October 15, 2002 at 11:27:54, Jeremiah Penery wrote: >> >>>On October 15, 2002 at 11:23:20, Graham Laight wrote: >>> >>>>In the first four games, we saw Fritz embarass itself with its inability to make >>>>any progress. >>>> >>>>Now, by selecting openings where the queens stay on, they win two games in a row >>>>(assuming Fritz completes the job on this won game). >>>> >>>>What an incredible difference keeping the queens on the board has made! >> >>>Kramnik had a winning position until 19. Nxf7, which appears to not have been a >>>sound sacrifice, though it is still a little unclear. >> >>Maybe 19.Nxf7 simply wins against any human, against a comp better have it >>calculated 100% right! >> >>anti-computer strategy says: 19.Bd5! Rf8 20.bxc4! >> >>[d]2rq1rk1/p2n1ppp/bp1N1b2/3B4/PBPp4/6P1/5P1P/R2Q1RK1 b - - >> >>And black is completely paralysed. >> >>Ed > >so much for kramnik being 100% prepared against fritz. i think it cannot be said >often enough that against the comps it is best to avoid tactics, except if you >are 100% sure that they are in your favor. if you are right then this had to be >played. however, i'm not sure that 19. ..Rf8 is forced -it's only an exchange... >not having a chess program handy i'll suggest something like 19...c3 as a >possible improvement and leave it up to the guys with computers to see if ...Rf8 >is forced! > >aloha > martin I think this is just a human psyche problem... He squeezed it perfectly in games 1-4. Also in game 5 until he made a simple tactical blunder. He came out looking for revenge in game 6 and made a _classic_ mistake. If he settles down, he can win the match. If he goes for blood, he can _easily_ lose it...
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