Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 15:06:12 01/29/03
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On January 29, 2003 at 17:37:51, John Merlino wrote: >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. Warp thinks that white is less than half a pawn up quite quickly. Part of the problem is that there might not be a particularly good alternative. > >jm
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