Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:53:15 01/13/03
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On January 13, 2003 at 14:33:57, Eduard Nemeth wrote: >On January 13, 2003 at 11:02:14, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On January 13, 2003 at 10:51:00, K. Burcham wrote: >> >>> >>>Kasparov,G (2785) - Deep Blue (2885) >>>Game 1 >>>03.05.1997 >>> >>> >>>Robert, I am not sure if you have stated your opinion on this move. >>>Did you think this move was a bug in Deep Blue? >>> >>>Deep Blue here played 44...Rd1 >>>[D] 4r3/8/2p2PPk/1p1r4/pP2p1R1/P1B5/2P2K2/8 b - - 0 44 >>> >>>kburcham >> >> >>I am not sure, but I believe that it was caused by a bug. Hsu said something >>about it playing a "random move" if some particular set of circumstances >>happened >>which included a "fail low"... > >This position is lost! > >Lost after Rg8 , lost after Rf5...lost after another moves too. > >Eduard I think Hsu mentioned this in his book. They had failed low, and a bug caused them to play a purely random move, which fortunately did not cost them anything. And based on Kasparov's comments, it could have helped since he might have thought "something is fishy I had better be careful." :)
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