Author: George Sobala
Date: 00:16:34 01/27/03
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On January 27, 2003 at 02:17:30, Uri Blass wrote: >On January 27, 2003 at 01:58:02, Bob Bachman wrote: > >>What I cannot understand about the opinions expressed here about the Kasparov-DJ >>game is how quickly everyone gets on a soapbox and makes some obviously >>inappropriate comments, like why DJ is terrible, why another program should have >>taken DJ's place, how could the program play so bad, I will never buy a program >>that can play so bad, etc. >> >>These statements are all over reactions. I saw the same general thing after each >>game of the Kramnik-DF match. Let us step back a minute. Kasparov-DJ followed >>previous games until white's 13th move (although DJ apparently was out of book >>earlier). These previous games certainly are not convincing in White's >>superiority. So what do you expect the DJ team to do, anticipate TN's on >>Kasparov's part and adjust the book accordingly? Is the program (or any other >>program) good enough to anticipate these TN's many ply's in advance. >> >>To see how bad DJ's evaluation function is, why do we not play some engine >>matches with various black alternatives to 13 ... b5. I have a suspicion that >>these alternatives are not great for black (I am not good enough to make this >>statement however). Therefore it comes down to Kaspaov's superb insight or >>pre-match preparation. Take your pick, you got to love it. Personally I am >>ecstatic to be even able to watch such a match. > >I think that after 13...Bb7 black has good chances for a draw(I did not do >engines matches but I analyzed some moves forward after 13...Bb7 and found no >progress for white). > >Uri GM analysis on ICC was that Black was losing after BB7 anyway.
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