Author: Will Singleton
Date: 21:01:13 01/28/03
21...Qf6!? Kasparov takes over seven minutes on this move. It appears that he has seen that the obvious reply (b4) is flawed, but I'm not convinced he has seen through to the conclusion (due to the error 25...Qa1+). It's probable that he only saw to the point of equalization. Qa1+ he played very quickly, and he only realized later that he had better. Still, 21...Qf6 is a great move. No computer would ever play it, I wager. For the computer to avoid b4 is very difficult, although Shredder 7 appears to find the move which maintains white's advantage (Nf3), taking several minutes to do it. Ruffian would never avoid b4, and apparently, not Fritz either. Since Junior did not avoid b4 in its 9 minute search, on huge hardware, we have to give Shredder 7 the clear advantage in this one position. Shredder probably would have won this game. And if Kasparov hadn't missed 25...f4, his 21...Qf6 would have been seen as probably one of the greatest moves played against a computer in a serious match. As it is, it shows the remarkable power of human intuition, as well as the limitations of human calculation. Will
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