Author: Uri Blass
Date: 00:31:29 01/27/03
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On January 27, 2003 at 03:16:34, George Sobala wrote: >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. Can you give me convincing lines to convince me to change my mind about it? I also thought the same but after some analysis with computer programs I changed my mind. I may change my mind again if I see more data. Uri
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