Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:26:41 02/03/03
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On February 03, 2003 at 02:12:30, J Mike wrote: >On February 03, 2003 at 00:13:00, Robert Hyatt wrote: > > >>This is an opening that worked 20+ years ago. David Levy used it to beat >>Chess 4.x, and then Cray Blitz, in his much-publicized "wager". But it is >>no longer something that a program can't handle, if it understands anything >>about blocked pawns at all. >> >>He was fortunate that this didn't go nuclear in his face... >> >>I'd be surprised if he tries it again in game 6. > >The comp actually played the position very badly. h3 and latter a3??? What the >hell was that? Even an 1800 won't play moves like h3 and a3 ... Kasprov should >have tried b5 after a3 or maybe b5 one move before a3 .. The comp was lucky that >this didn't go nuclear in it's face ... > >All four games the computer played badly and got bad positions .. then defended >bad positions well. I guess we will have to agree to disagree. I think that for any move by white you care to criticize (a3, h3) you can back up one or two moves and find two by black that deserve criticism... White had _all_ the winning chances in this game, black was looking at a draw at best for almost the entire game.
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