Author: stuart taylor
Date: 04:27:34 01/29/03
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On January 29, 2003 at 01:36:37, Amir Ban wrote:
>[Event "X3D Man-Machine match"]
>[Site "New York City"]
>[Date "2003.01.28"]
>[Round "2"]
>[White "Deep Junior 8"]
>[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>[Opening "Sicilian: Kan, Polugaievsky variation"]
>[ECO "B42"]
>
>1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6
>
>{The Paulsen is a minor surprise. What does Kasparov have in store for us now ?}
>
>3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. c4
>
>{But this is a counter surprise for Kasparov, who did not seem happy after this.
>He never planned to play the kind of game this leads to}
>
>7... Nc6 8.Nc3
>
>{First move out of book. Junior shows a negligible advantage, but Boris Alterman
>is happy}
>
>8... d6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3
>
>{Shay was operating, and I was in the adjoining room with Alterman, Levy and
>others. The masters didn't like Deep Junior's last two moves, preferring 10.Kh1
>and 11.f4}
>
>11... e5
>
>{I went downstairs at the public hall here, where Ashley & Seirawan dragged me
>onstage and asked for questions from the crowd. A kid asked "Can't you play Nd5
>now ?". I was non-commital, pleading ignorance of chess. Nd5 is a novelty}
>
>12. Nd5 a5 13. Rc1
>
>{Nice move, drawing one of Kasparov's famous frowns}
>
>13... a4 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. Nd2 Nd4 16. Qh5
>
>{As if someone asked "now what?", Deep Junior answers. f4 and c5 are threatened.
>Kasparov's next move stops both}
>
>16... Ne6 17. Rc3
>
>{The move 17.g3 appeared in Deep Junior's mainline for a long time. Alterman and
>I were watching and immediately liked it, cheering the monitor to move now, but
>Junior had to change its mind}
>
>17... Nc5 18. Bc2 Nxd5
>
>{Tough choice now. 19. exd5 f5 black becomes active. 19. cxd5 and draw is the
>best result to hope for}
>
>19. exd5 g6
>
>{Isn't f5 better ?}
>
>20. Qh6 f5 21. Ra3
Can the chess experts please criticize me if my dissappointment in DJ not now
attacking the K-side is out of place?
I was upset that the Rook was moved to a3, thinking it to be a wasted tempo, as
well as showing it did not see a K-side attacking possibility.
The rook was needed to put great pressure on the King, and other moves could
have combined to make a succesful K-side attack, according to what I personally
would normally do.
Albeit, I don't always succeed in reaping the benefits of exactly such an
attack, against top programs.
But could it simply be that Kasparov would never have dared allowing this
position against a human, but against DJ he knew it wouldn't attack?
S.Taylor
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