Author: John Merlino
Date: 14:37:51 01/29/03
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On January 29, 2003 at 17:33:02, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On January 29, 2003 at 13:25:41, Thomas Lagershausen wrote: > >>[D]2b2rk1/rp5p/3p1qpQ/2nPpp2/p1P5/R7/PPBN1PPP/4R1K1 w - - avoid 21.b4? >> >>According to Garry Kasparov 21.b4? was the desicive mistake of the game in >>whites play.See also: >>http://www.worldchessrating.com/521916158.html?448451195843518 >> >>So is there a program in the world that can handle this position right? >> >>Gentleman start your engines. >> >>TL >> >>PS: Don´t take the headline too serios. > > >Actually Kasparov has said that this entire line led to a forced draw... Which >means that white did make a mistake by entering the b4 line as white had a nice >position prior to that. > >However, _most_ programs would also play b4 as it is a _very_ deep tactical >line that they simply don't understand for quite a while... Indeed it is very deep. Preliminary poking around with CM9000 indicates that seeing b4 is a problem requires at least 17 plys. Just too damn long for most comps, and an excellent ploy by Kasparov. jm
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