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Subject: Re: Why such a Monster Machine against Kramnik and not Bareev?

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 23:41:22 01/23/03

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On January 24, 2003 at 02:00:00, Peter Skinner wrote:

>On January 24, 2003 at 00:54:39, Nat Larson wrote:
>
>>Bareev is only playing against a pent 2.4 gig, why the overkill vs kramnick,
>>hell bareev is not that much weaker.
>
>No reason as to the overkill vs Kramnik, but I am guessing it was a marketing
>tactic for the computer supplier.
>
>Really I don't think Bareev is going to do much vs Hiarcs on a 2.4Ghz. I would
>suspect a draw, and wins for Hiarcs.
>
>All the hardware in the world would not matter as Kramnik showed in the first
>few games vs Fritz.
>
>Programs are still weak when it comes to positional chess, and Kramnik showed
>that. No hardware would have been able to save Fritz in those games.


That is correct as far as strategical positions are played against Deep Fritz or
Deep Junior, but when it comes to tactical positions the extra Ghz can make a
world of a difference. Deep Fritz would have done terribly if a mere Pentium
500 Mhz was used instead of the 8x 1000 Mhz system, since Kramnik would have
outplayed it tactically as well.

Pichard



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