Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:58:07 02/03/03
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On February 03, 2003 at 11:28:43, J Mike wrote: >On February 03, 2003 at 10:26:41, Robert Hyatt wrote: > > >>>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. > >This is completely incorrect. White played the position real badly (not just >according to me but according to GMs like Fedorowich and others) .. Black (not >white) had real chances of winning if he played more agressively with b5 or >maybe d5 I'm not sure what _they_ were seeing. But the GM/IM commentary on ICC favored white for almost all of the game. particularly after the passed b-pawn was created... Black wasn't _ever_ going to win that position.
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