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Subject: Re: Dj vs. GK game 4 - GREAT GAME, my Congratulation!

Author: Peter Kappler

Date: 13:28:12 02/03/03

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On February 03, 2003 at 12:32:19, Amir Ban wrote:

>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 ...
>>
>
>I was wondering when anyone would notice that Deep Junior was offering a piece
>for two moves in a row.
>
>Amir

I assume you're talking about early in the game, when Kasparov could have played
b5, and Junior can then give up the knight on c3 for Black's b and a-pawns?

I expected this to happen, and am surprised that there hasn't been more (any?)
analysis of this position.

-Peter




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