Author: Laurence Chen
Date: 12:07:09 01/31/03
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On January 31, 2003 at 15:00:03, Eran wrote:
>In game 3 of the Event "X3D Man vs. Machine”, 9.Bd2 probably was not the best
>move, because it as a bad key move led to the middlegame or endgame where
>checkmating black king was almost impossible. Although Kasparov liked to play
>opposite castled unbalanced games, planning to attack black king side
>aggressively in the very complex Slav Defense was not worth the risk. Therefore,
>the move 9.O-O was recommended. It enables white to strategically build a good
>king attacking plan in balanced games. I believe if Kasparov had played the move
>9.O-O instead yesterday, he might win the game. Please see another very similar
>but balanced game in PGN format below as a good example.
>
>[D]r1bqk2r/p2nbppp/1pp2n2/3p4/3P4/2NBPN2/PPQ2PPP/R1B1K2R w KQkq -
>
>[Event "Dov Porath mem"]
>[Site "Givatayim"]
>[Date "1997.??.??"]
>[Round "7"]
>[White "Golod, Vitali"]
>[Black "Rabinovich, Alexander"]
>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>[ECO "D45"]
>[WhiteElo "2515"]
>[BlackElo "2350"]
>[PlyCount "29"]
>[EventDate "1997.03.10"]
>[Source "ChessBase"]
>[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
>
>1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
>Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 ({By Power opening book} 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. Ne5
>c5 13. Ng5 g6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Bc4) 10... Bb7 11. Bb2 Bd6 12.
>Rad1 Rc8 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Qb1 Qc7 15. e4 1/2-1/2
>
>What do you think?
>
>Any reply welcome.
>
>Eran
Nonsense. Kasparov is a very aggressive player, his choice of opening was not
the problem. Against any human super GM playing Black in that position, I don't
think that the human would have being able to defend accurately such as a chess
engine. The chess engine does not feel any fear, nor sweats in agony of having
to defending a difficult position. Defending a tough position is not easy for
any human player, but chess engines have no emotions, they are cold logical
machines which won't succumb to fear, intimidation, pressure, or tiredness like
a human being.
My two cents,
Laurence
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