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Subject: Re: Games 7 & 8 and Kasparov-Junior -- Comments

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 01:18:11 10/17/02

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On October 16, 2002 at 21:18:34, Arshad Syed wrote:

>Kramnik:
>         2. Needs to keep mentally strong.


He has already proved that.


>Fritz:
>         1. Will have to keep queen on board and the position as complicated as
>possible.


It is evident that Kramnik won 2 games without queens otb and lost 2 where they
have been otb.
And the 6th game showed once more: you MUST calculate combinations and sacs
*1000%* precisely.


>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.
>
>Regards,
>Arshad


Yes, another loss vs. a machine would certainly make him paranoid. And the
programmers might not feel contempted to human chess any more. What is higher
than beating Kasparow?





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