Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 05:02:30 01/29/03
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On January 29, 2003 at 07:27:34, stuart taylor wrote:
>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
the Rook move to a3 is an inaccuracy but it makes some sense. 21...Qf6! was a
brilliant reply, however it is not winning by force. Kasparov has much
experience with Sveshnikov positions. he knew that the attack is not decisive
but he surely doesnt knew that DJ wouldn't attack.
21.Nf3 Qf6 followed by Qg7 is a reasonable defence.
21...f4!? with the idea 22.Bxg6 b5! could be a brilliant defence.
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