Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 06:56:57 01/31/03
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On January 31, 2003 at 07:26:15, Terry McCracken wrote: >On January 31, 2003 at 05:42:14, Drexel,Michael wrote: > >>On January 31, 2003 at 05:21:32, Drexel,Michael wrote: >> >>>On January 31, 2003 at 05:01:20, Francesco Di Tolla wrote: >>> >>>>Kasparov once told that chess is 100% tactics. >>>> >>>>Well saying that after Rxg7 in game 3 white is better because he has the >>>>initiative is not a tactical reasoning and Deep Junior has shown to us that >>>>sometimes, supported by pure calculations, one can enter in a position like that >>> >>>white is not much better after Rxg7. 15.Bxh6? was already a mistake. >>>if this move would have made by a 2300 patzer like I am. Understandable >>> >>>In fact this move was played by Garry Kasparov (2847). Very disappointing. >>>Kasparov should have played 14.Bxe4 Kh8 15.Bxh6 gxh6 16.Bxc6 Rb8 17.0-0-0 with >>>big advantage for white. > >You're correct, 14.Bxh6 wasn't the best, and 14.Bxe4 was the best move. The >above line is much better. > >Also 15.Rxg7+? was a mistake! It removed a pair of rooks, and my stomach turned >when Kasparov played this move! > >Better was 15.Bxg7!...Ng4! 16.hxg4...Kxg7 with an advantage for White. Although >not an all out win. But far stronger than trading a pair of Rooks! > >So this was error two! Of course I gave up all hope after the blunder 32.Rh5?? >as Nxd4!! was curtains! > >In total no less than three mistakes and one outright blunder! > >I can't understand myself why Kasparov made these type of mistakes, he should >know better periord! > >He didn't toss the position, he's incapable of doing that, but a 2800+ player he >wasn't, yesterday! > >It was my most painful four hours of chess I've sat and watched through to the >end:( Perhaps the most painful part of this is the recognition that such faulty play is the "curse" of being human. Such play is the nature of human chess. On the other hand, the computer made it's mistakes too! How to explain that? Bob D. > >I hope Kasparov returns to sound, sane chess in Round Four..... > >Regards, > Terry > > >> >>OK. I have to admit. there are some complicated lines after 14...Nxe4 15.Bxh6 >>Bf5. white should come out on top but this is not an easy position against a >>Computer. It was told on Chessbase Server that Deep Junior would have played >>14...Kh8 with clear advantage for white in my opinion. >> >>> >>>>on the board after Nh6. This looks like a position that only a "human patzer" >>>>would play, and still DJ held it against Kasparov. >>>> >>>>The lesson is that we can continue to use positional evaluations as a >>>>shortcoming to actual calculations, as any GM does in his "pattern-matching" >>>>scan of each position on the board. But computers can do better with 100% >>>>tactics. > >That wasn't the problem, Kasparov miscalculated, see above. > >Regards, > Terry >>>> >>>>What I like of this match is that Kapsarov is playing almost as he does in >>>>trounaments, I hope he will not switch stile after this defeat. >>>> >>>>Actually I think that an anticomputer strategy is still possible, as the games >>>>by some minor player show, based on extreme-long term planning, but will work >>>>only sometimes, and other times you'll be the victim of your long term planning. >>>> >>>>bye >>>>Franz
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