Author: Uri Blass
Date: 07:18:48 01/27/03
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On January 27, 2003 at 10:04:56, K. Burcham wrote: > >Hello Rolf. > >Very good reading from your posts on the first game, Rolf. > >I agree with your opinions. >I have posted here before about how everyone is so focused on code, bugs, kns, >position analysis, interface, search methods, etc., but our books have not kept >up to play consistently on GM level. I have spent time myself looking at some of >these books, all have bad moves that lead to losing positions. we just saw an >example in the first game. when Kasparov played his 13.d5, he knew if he made no >mistakes he had a winning position. I also have noticed that most here do not >spend time checking these book lines and then posting their results. >it seems there are only very few that manage the books of the top programs. >maybe they dont have enough time, maybe no money is involved in improving these >books. if so, then whatever the problem is that allows these books to play bad >lines---we can expect more losses of the same type. > >if a GM has the time, energy, and is motivated to do so----I can personally tell >you that there are many moves and lines in our top books that will produce a >loss against a GM that has studied these bad moves. > >now I fully understand why some here are very passionate about the GM not >getting the program before the game. > >kburcham I think that it is too simple and the game was decided by wrong sacrifices of Junior7. I did not see a win for Kasparov after Bb7 instead of b5. Junior did also another wrong sacrifice later. Uri
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